The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    T61 and external screens

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by shandy1948, Sep 20, 2007.

  1. shandy1948

    shandy1948 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    29
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I'm about to purchase a T61 (15.4 1680x 1050, NV140M) and an 'Advanced Dock'. A few questions:

    • Can I run the internal screen simultaneously with my external 24" monitor (1920x1200)?
    • Can I plug another screen into the VGA port on the dock (assuming the 24" screen is plugged into the DVI port on the dock) and run both external screens simultaneously?
    • Can I run both external screens and the internal screen simultaneously?
     
    shandy1948, Sep 20, 2007
    #1
  2. .iznogud

    .iznogud Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    15
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    i used to do that, not such great resolution, but a decent one... you can use laptop screen only, external screen, both together, but i am not so sure about 2 external screens working at the same time...the easiest way to do it is to try it out. ask guys in the shop to do it for you there, or ask for the refund policy and try it out as soon as you get home.
     
    .iznogud, Sep 20, 2007
    #2
  3. ponicg

    ponicg Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    74
    Messages:
    216
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    To answer your 3 questions, Shandy1948:

    Yes you can.

    Sure thing. I do this now with 2x 1920x1200 Dell LCDs.

    Nope. The Laptop has only 2 output channels.
     
    ponicg, Sep 20, 2007
    #3
  4. .iznogud

    .iznogud Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    15
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    wow, cool... what is that that you have? 3820x1200.... smoooooooth, both thumbs up :] ibm rulz :]
     
    .iznogud, Sep 21, 2007
    #4
  5. ponicg

    ponicg Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    74
    Messages:
    216
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Yep, two 20"(or are they 19? Shrug... It's work's stuff anyway) 1920x1200 screens. Having... err wait, I'm lying... 1600x1200. Whoops. Major brain fart, ehh? Still 3200x1200 kicks major tail.
     
    ponicg, Sep 21, 2007
    #5