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    What is the maximum resolution monitor that anyone has connected to a Vaio SA series laptop?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by winwinloselose, Oct 17, 2011.

  1. winwinloselose

    winwinloselose Newbie

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    I'm running a SA series laptop with 6630M AMD graphics and HDMI socket. I have connected a 1920x1200 monitor to it (no problem), but was reading in the user guide that this appears to be the maximum that can be connected.

    I was thinking of 2560x1600 monitor a bit further down the line but I suspect it will not work. Has anyone had any luck connected monitors greater than 1920x1200 to the SA series via HDMI?
     
    winwinloselose, Oct 17, 2011
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  2. lazybee

    lazybee Notebook Consultant

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    The maximum resolution possible with HDMI is what you are currently using, 1920x1200. The ONLY way to make this possible, is to use a 'hack' that another user in this forum discovered for the Z series. (Thanks Psych321 & ComputerCowboy)

    See here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/son...ithout-vidock-works-but-i-need-some-help.html

    I am unsure of how this procedure would transfer over to the ATI graphics that we have the in the SA models, however, it looks to be possible.
    This workaround does lose a higher refresh rate, however, in most situations that is tolerable.
     
    lazybee, Oct 17, 2011
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