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    P150HM Dual-link?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by sonnny, Jan 8, 2013.

  1. sonnny

    sonnny Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, can someone please inform me if my P150HM with Radeon 6990M have dual-link support from the DVI port?
    I would like to know this because I'm buying a new external display, and if I have dual-link I will buy the Benq XL2411T 120hz screen :) Otherwise it seems pointless to buy that screen.
    I have spent alot of time searching around the web to find an answer, but no one seems to be really 100% sure about this.
    Thanks.
     
    sonnny, Jan 8, 2013
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  2. Tweak155

    Tweak155 Notebook Evangelist

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    Does it have a Display Port? If so that will work too.
     
    Tweak155, Jan 9, 2013
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  3. sonnny

    sonnny Notebook Enthusiast

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    No it doesn't have a display port
     
    sonnny, Jan 14, 2013
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    mythlogic Company Representative

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    Doesn't have DVI Dual-link, even though the port looks like, dual-link support only exists with the nV GPU's
     
    mythlogic, Jan 14, 2013
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  5. bonnie.clyde

    bonnie.clyde Notebook Consultant

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    HM model has Dual Link. HD6990M does not have.
     
    bonnie.clyde, Jan 15, 2013
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    No sadly.. as posted three times above me :(
     
    jaug1337, Jan 16, 2013
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  7. cannondale

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    Hey guys,

    Just bought asus vg248qe which could go 144hz with dual link dvi.
    Thing is i thought p150hm with 6970m would have that output because:

    - the graphics card supports dual link dvi.
    - the p150hm has dual link dvi output port.

    Can anyone explain me why the hell the output isn't dual link dvi enabled? Could that be done with some tweek inside the laptop?

    What if i change to a gtx560m would that come with dual link dvi connected?

    Thanks
     
    cannondale, Sep 2, 2013
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  8. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    It's a limitation with the AMD MXM board I believe but you could create a custom profile and at least get around 100hz out of it most likely. You could try with the HDMI too to see which gives the best results.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Sep 3, 2013
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  9. Bryanu

    Bryanu Notebook Deity

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    I used 120Hz on my P150HM with DVI (Dual-link) but I had a Nvidia 580M. That ATI will be your problem :/
     
    Bryanu, Sep 3, 2013
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  10. cannondale

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    Thats is sadly sad. I can't believe its impossible to use dual link/display port out of the 6970...
     
    cannondale, Sep 3, 2013
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  11. cannondale

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    If it works with nvidia that means there's nothing wrong with the motherboard. Its something with the graphics card.
    But as 6970m specs says, this card supports dual link dvi. Could it be something to do with enabling it in the VBIOS?

    ;((((((((
     
    cannondale, Sep 8, 2013
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  12. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    I think it's a PCB routing issue.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Sep 8, 2013
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  13. cannondale

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    Does anyone know if a p150hm can be updated with a gtx765m a have dual link dvi working?. Is is impossible to get a displayport out of the motherboard?
     
    cannondale, Sep 18, 2013
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  14. Bryanu

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    Machine has no displayport or header for one so you can't get one.

    As for that card, it prob won't work. I think 680M is latest card people have gotten to work in this machine. The 675 is basically the 580M and the 680 is a fairly decent jump over the 580 fwiw.
     
    Bryanu, Sep 18, 2013
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  15. Meaker@Sager

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    The 770M might work, the MSI non optimus machines have worked with them.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Sep 19, 2013
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