M4800 Owner's Thread

[panda_zzz]

5 hours ago, unnoticed said:

Not sure about the ports if they need the discrete gpu or if I can remove the gpu

You don't need a dGPU for the hdmi, vga and the first dp port of the dock, but you do for the dp connector on the laptop and the second port on the dock. You can see it on the schematic of the device.

 

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[Aaron44126]

13 hours ago, panda_zzz said:

You don't need a dGPU for the hdmi, vga and the first dp port of the dock, but you do for the dp connector on the laptop and the second port on the dock. You can see it on the schematic of the device.

 

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There's a BIOS setting which controls the "DP MUX PS8331" in the middle of the picture there and flips it between dGPU output and iGPU output. It is next to the toggle for graphics switching, and it is called something like "Enable discrete dock display output".

 

You should be able to use "most" of the display outputs if the dGPU is removed. But if you want two external displays connected, one of them will have to be VGA.