Outside of installing the latest drivers from the ATI website for benchmarks, everything was handled automatically by the system without any problems whatsoever. From that point on the card showed up as a secondary video device, just like connecting another monitor via VGA or DisplayPort-out. The system booted like normal and once it loaded into Windows, Windows Update started to automatically pull in drivers.

With our Lenovo ThinkPad T410s test rig, we plugged the ATI 4890 graphics card into the external adapter, connected the adapter to the laptop with the ExpressCard interface, and turned everything on. A third piece we ordered with our kit was a power supply on/off switch, allowing us to turn the desktop power supply on manually for the ViDock. In our case we went with a spare 330W SeaSonic power supply laying around the office to power the ViDock and ATI Radeon 4890. It is powered by a 90w external power adapter or standard desktop power supply. The next section is an external 16x PCI-Express slot used to interface with your graphics card. The mini-PCIe alternative has more restrictions, including BIOS whitelist issues, not to mention needing to take apart the laptop to route the wires. With many notebooks going for thin and compact designs, the ExpressCard slot is sometimes left off newer notebooks. Depending on the available ports or slots on your notebook, you might have to pick one or the other. The first is an ExpressCard or mini-PCIe interface card that connects the DIY ViDock to your notebook. The DIY ViDock is comprised of two sections plus a power supply.

Intel Core i5 520M 2.4GHz processor (3MB cache).1440 x 900 WXGA+ LED Backlit (Matte finish).

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