Add DVI out to Laptop via PCMCIA?

[joshuaslater]

Ive got a Gateway MX6447 notebook with Radeon Xpress 1150 chipset. The chipset has support for DVI, but there is no mobo DVI interface. Anyone seen a DVI interface like the one here for PCMCIA instead of PCIe? Not looking for video card, just interface adapter. If there is a PC card out there do you think it will be able to utilize the onboard DVI support?

 

[joshuaslater]

Oh yeah, and is it worth all this hassle to connect my notebook to a 37 in lcd tv as the primary monitor(not yet purchased) just to have a digital connection? Or should i just stick with the VGA to VGA connection that is available?

 

[Nodsu]

Hum.. There used to be such things back in the day, but a quick search now brought up only one product for Apple machines and this: http://www.digitaltigers.com/sidecar.shtml

You can also get a box that connects to PCMCIA and gives you standard PCI slots. Magma makes these.

 

[joshuaslater]

Yeah i have done a lot of searching myself and seen the boxes for pci slots and so forth. They are pretty expensive. I dont think the increase in video performance that i will get from DVI-D is worth the cost of those. I will stick with VGA for a few months and see if something comes out. Since DVI is still relatively new to notebooks, it may take a while for a simple PCMCIA - DVI adapter to hit the market.

 

[Nodsu]

Hum.. If there are no PCMCIA video cards with VGA output, then I doubt there will be many PCMCIA-DVI cards..

The PCI-E thing you linked before is not possible for PCMCIA or anything else. It is a gadget that works only with some Intel chipsets and only over PCI Express using something called SDVO.