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    4 screen docking solution for 8540w/8740w?

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by 11ftpole, Jun 18, 2010.

  1. 11ftpole

    11ftpole Newbie

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    Any way to make a solution where you dock your HP 8x40w to a 4 screen solution (zr24w screens).
     
    11ftpole, Jun 18, 2010
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    look at the specs for the advanced docking station and see if the multiple dvi connectors there solve your problem.
     
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You'd have to get something like a USB-to-DVI connector or DIY ViDock.
     
    sgogeta4, Jun 19, 2010
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  4. DanaGoyette

    DanaGoyette Notebook Consultant

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    If you get the ATI Evergreen card and the "HP 230W Advanced Docking
    Station (NZ223AA#XXX)" (which has two DisplayPort ports and two DVI ports), then you should be able to use all four of those ports at once.

    If the internal LCD is embedded DisplayPort rather than LVDS, you can use that, too.

    I also seem to remember there being a DisplayPort port on the laptop itself.

    http://www.hp.com/sbso/solutions/pc_expertise/professional_innovations/docking-stations.pdf
     
    DanaGoyette, Jun 19, 2010
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