[Elecraft] DVI connectors with an P3SVGA

[Dave New]

Beware of HP docking stations at swaps, since there is a rash of those 
with fried DVI outputs.  At my work QTH, we recently moved from Dell 
laptops (poor quality) to HP laptops (possibly even poorer quality, but 
cheaper, if that's even possible), and DVI outputs from the HP docking 
stations started failing left and right.  For a while, the IT folks were 
replacing the HP docking stations en masse, but finally gave up on it, 
since the replacements were all starting to fail, also.  My docking 
station bit the dust last week, crippling my productivity since I rely 
heavily on using Windows 'extended desktop' so that I can easily copy 'n 
paste between program windows, since Windows insist on popping a window 
that gets input focus automatically to the top of the Z order on the 
screen (I miss Unix/Linux at work, I really do).

Their solution?  They now replace the DVI cable from on failed docking 
stations to the external display with a VGA cable.  Issue solved.  What 
a crock.  The external display is definitely now not as crisp.

So, if you see piles of HP docking stations in the flea markets, you 
will know why, and if DVI connectivity is important to your particular 
setup, you will steer clear.

73,

-- Dave, N8SBE

On 3/23/2012 5:08 PM, ~BG~ wrote:
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> Some people also confuse the DMS-59 connector as a DVI connector.  It's
> becoming more common on some display adaptors for dual-monitor on desktop
> PCs targeted corporate environments (I see tons of old Dells and HPs with
> these at the local TRW Swap meet all the time, not to mention we've got'em
> at work as well).
>
> http://www.molex.com/molex/products/family?key=dms59
>
> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/video/P69708/Qnvs280_EN/connect.htm
>
>
> ./ben
> W6MCM
>
>
>
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