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    t500 display port does it do audio?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by matva, Sep 21, 2008.

  1. matva

    matva Notebook Enthusiast

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    surprised noone has confirmed this yet.
    supposedly displayport can do audio but who knows if the t500 has this feature. you'd think if it did they'd be making it more clear.
     
    matva, Sep 21, 2008
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    ali88 Notebook Consultant

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    will post in about a week when my displayport to hdmi adapter arrives. until then i would assume no and the reason is that the displayport is connected to the graphics card, i dont think it is connected to the onboard audio.
     
    ali88, Sep 22, 2008
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  3. matva

    matva Notebook Enthusiast

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    i dont think so either. that said, i should be finding out before you since my t500 is due to arrive tomorrow, and my displayport hdmi adapter by friday :p

    i really hope so, but no big deal if not since i've already ordered a USB -> optical dongle thingy.
     
    matva, Sep 22, 2008
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  4. Mackan

    Mackan Notebook Evangelist

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    So, any follow ups on this since you hopefully have your adapters by now?
     
    Mackan, Oct 1, 2008
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    Unfortunately no audio
     
    nxman, Mar 1, 2009
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    As I understand it, the lack of audio is a limitation of the Intel GM45 Express/ICH9M chipset used in the T400 and T500.
     
    Rich.Carpenter, Mar 1, 2009
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    No laptop running on Montevina supports audio over DisplayPort.
     
    Snakecharmed, Mar 1, 2009
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    Montevina = GM45 Express chipset, right?
     
    Rich.Carpenter, Mar 1, 2009
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    Yup. But I didn't know about it being a chipset limitation, but makes sense.
     
    jaredy, Mar 1, 2009
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    Mackan Notebook Evangelist

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    Disappointing indeed. It should be clearly mentioned at the product launch that the DisplayPort does not carry audio yet with the specific product. But on the contrary, the text advertised was the general description of DisplayPort, being able to carry both video and audio.

    Then it takes many months get it confirmed, if lucky, on a support forum. Was even worse with Apple's mini-DisplayPort.
     
    Mackan, Mar 2, 2009
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