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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 12 Mar 2010 06:37 On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:38 +0000, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >Had to take my new PC apart today as the onboard sound failed. Luckily >had another PC lying around with a spare audigy card in so I put that >in. At the same time thought I would look at my video card to solve a >mystery on it. And didn't. > >It was an upgrade and is supposed to be (and may be) an ATI Radeon >HD4780, but the driver claims it is a Radeon 5700 series. Sadly it >doesn't say so no clue. > >However, one of the irritations of getting it was that it only had one >DVI connector, so could only connect to one monitor, which makes the >computer less useful. > >It does also have an HDMI connector on it though, and I assume I can get >a HDMI to DVI adapter? Yup. HDMI and DVI use the same signalling for the video channel, so it's a simple cheap adapter. HDMI may also include sound, and adapters to DVI+audio are sometimes stupidly expensive. >The other connector it has after some googling appears to be a >DisplayPort connector. Googling suggests it is a new adapter. Gosh - hadn't you noticed that the last year or so of Apple Macs all come with that socket? Well, the mini-DP version anyway. Converters for DP->DVI are also available, but because it's not so popular they're more expensive. >Which of those is the easiest (or cheapest) way to get my second monitor >working? HDMI, certainly. Cheers - Jaimie -- Actually, the Singularity seems rather useful in the entire work avoidance field. "I _could_ write up that report now but if I put it off, I may well become a weakly godlike entity, at which point not only will I be able to type faster but my comments will be more on-target." - James Nicoll
From: Woody on 12 Mar 2010 07:23 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:38 +0000, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> > wrote: > > >Had to take my new PC apart today as the onboard sound failed. Luckily > >had another PC lying around with a spare audigy card in so I put that > >in. At the same time thought I would look at my video card to solve a > >mystery on it. And didn't. > > > >It was an upgrade and is supposed to be (and may be) an ATI Radeon > >HD4780, but the driver claims it is a Radeon 5700 series. Sadly it > >doesn't say so no clue. > > > >However, one of the irritations of getting it was that it only had one > >DVI connector, so could only connect to one monitor, which makes the > >computer less useful. > > > >It does also have an HDMI connector on it though, and I assume I can get > >a HDMI to DVI adapter? > > Yup. HDMI and DVI use the same signalling for the video channel, so > it's a simple cheap adapter. > > HDMI may also include sound, and adapters to DVI+audio are sometimes > stupidly expensive. Not worried about sound > >The other connector it has after some googling appears to be a > >DisplayPort connector. Googling suggests it is a new adapter. > > Gosh - hadn't you noticed that the last year or so of Apple Macs all > come with that socket? Well, the mini-DP version anyway. I noticed they came with a small square socket, which is nothing like that one. As I have never had to use that socket, I haven't paid much attention to it, sorry. > Converters for DP->DVI are also available, but because it's not so > popular they're more expensive. > > >Which of those is the easiest (or cheapest) way to get my second monitor > >working? > > HDMI, certainly. It appears it is. I went to currys and they had a belkin hdmi to dvi for �20.99. I bought it, when to the till and they said '�4.97 please'. So yes, quite cheap! -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: T i m on 12 Mar 2010 10:14 On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:38 +0000, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >It was an upgrade and is supposed to be (and may be) an ATI Radeon >HD4780, but the driver claims it is a Radeon 5700 series. Sadly it >doesn't say so no clue. > I wonder what a Linux LiveCD would report it as? Cheers, T i m
From: Woody on 12 Mar 2010 10:26 On 12/03/2010 15:14, T i m wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:38 +0000, Woody<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> > wrote: > >> It was an upgrade and is supposed to be (and may be) an ATI Radeon >> HD4780, but the driver claims it is a Radeon 5700 series. Sadly it >> doesn't say so no clue. >> > I wonder what a Linux LiveCD would report it as? Good plan, I didn't look at the time as I was more concerned with my lack of sound. The fact it did the same in linux told me that it wasn't some dodgy setup thing. I was impressed that it knew my mouse had 18% battery remaining. Windows had never told me that (not that I had actually ever looked!) I was also impressed that on this machine (not my last version), it did set the resolution correctly. This is on ubuntu 64 bit version -- Woody
From: Sara on 12 Mar 2010 12:20
In article <ngmkp5p9s2g8rt0m3t66ivk68e08gvc6rk(a)4ax.com>, T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:38 +0000, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> > wrote: > > >It was an upgrade and is supposed to be (and may be) an ATI Radeon > >HD4780, but the driver claims it is a Radeon 5700 series. Sadly it > >doesn't say so no clue. > > > I wonder what a Linux LiveCD would report it as? > ooo - do they do that? We've got a PC at home that Rog said he'd fix, it's nearly there and just needs drivers for the network card and video card but we've no idea what they are. -- Sara Hurrah - the weather has cheered up |