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Albertan_bear, perhaps you didn't buy a lot of electronics between 1999 and 2007: Capacitor plague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bottom line is that parts fail. Even "high-quality" parts. The most failure-prone parts are typically in the power supply. So modularizing the power supply just...

Protip, I will try to get a multi-4K setup going in the lab but can't commit to any timeline on this.

Albertan, Power supplies typically die first in any consumer electronics application. So having a modular power brick makes it a lot easier to swap out in the field. Also separating the hot power supply from sensitive high-speed electronics makes everything more reliable overall. You could...

Jordan. Yes there is. In fact Windows already does this automatically by remembering the various monitor "topologies". For a complete explanation, please see the SP3 article I wrote last year: Hi-dpi Multi-mon with Surface Pro 3 / Pro 4 - dpi-scaling tweaks - danchar - Site Home - MSDN Blogs...

unruledboy, I believe that the Intel GPU/Display output block in the SB supports a max of three simultaneous distinct outputs (a 4th may be able to run in mirror mode). This means you could either run the internal panel and 2 external screens or switch off the internal panel and run 3 external...

I produced a full picture teardown guide for the new dock: Surface Dock teardown (brick-shaped dock for SP3/SP4/SurfaceBook) - danchar - Site Home - MSDN Blogs I think the weights can be removed if you want make the dock more portable. If there is any interest, I'll do a DIY on removing them...

Added the popular 1368x912 resolution (1/2 SP4 native res) and got it working on one SurfaceBook as well. Please let me know if you have any issues using the regkey and getting the extra resolutions. If you do, please run dxdiag.exe and attach the log file.

I *just* got it working on the SB. I added a bunch of extra resolutions. Screen shot proof and regkey download is over on my blog. Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 - high-dpi multi-monitor optimization regkey for alternate 3:2 aspect ratio resolutions - danchar - Site Home - MSDN Blogs...

Correct. Applying the new one will just overwrite the value in the registry

Just updated the regkey to add a few more resolutions: 2400x1600 2304x1536 2160x1440 2056x1368 2040x1360 1920x1280 1800x1200 1728x1152 1536x1024 1440x960 1200x800 1152x768 1080x720

Just posted an updated regkey that has these resolutions: 2400x1600 2304x1536 2160x1440 2056x1368 2040x1360 1920x1280 1800x1200 1728x1152 1536x1024 1440x960 1200x800 1152x768 1080x720 Let me know how this works on Surface Book. I only have an SP4 to try out right now so certain resolutions...

I've compared a few dock options here: Multi-monitor docking with Surface Pro 3/4 and Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro - danchar - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

Hi cafutter, I wrote an article on this dilemma last year that may be helpful: DisplayPort->HDMI dongles/adapters - active vs passive re-visited - danchar - Site Home - MSDN Blogs The MS brand adapters are high quality, but I don't think they are twice as good as the Accell brand available on...

The Intel drivers and the LCD panel are capable of syncing to a ton of custom resolutions that can be any aspect ratio you wish. The problem is that you have to mess with installing the intel.com driver which potentially conflicts with the NVIDIA driver. Also I find the Intel control panel UI a...

Folks, you can try the regkey file I put together to add more 3:2 ratios for the SP4. It ought to work for the SurfaceBook too since they both use the same Intel Skylake drivers but I haven't tested it on the SB just yet: Surface Pro 4 - high-dpi multi-monitor optimization regkey - danchar -...

Actually we're looking to do something like that with our BETA program right now. If you have one of the new brick-shaped docking stations and want to get a BETA VESA mount for it, please contact me.

Here is a write-up on the advantages and drawbacks of a few different options: Multi-monitor docking with Surface Pro 3/4 and Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro - danchar - Site Home - MSDN Blogs The Displaylink based docks are great and we have a lot of them here at work, but certainly not the same quality...

Folks, I got the multi-monitor optimizations working for the SP4! Now you can get the same seamless multi-monitor experience with the SP4 that so many loved on the SP3. Download the regkey here: Surface Pro 4 - high-dpi multi-monitor optimization regkey - danchar - Site Home - MSDN Blogs This...

Someone at the press event took a nice picture to answer this: http://i.imgur.com/oUN1Xmph.jpg The picture appears to show the Book charging with an SP3/SP4 charger. And it looks like the keyboard base has 3 connectors: the middle one looks like the same 40-pin connector from the the SP3/SP4...

Kayzee, I heard similar sentiments a few times in the last 24 hours. If you had the Surface Book keyboard/dock flipped around back and open in an inverted V like the Lenovo Yoga, would that work for your scenario or does that take up a lot more space than the flipstand? Can you post a pic of...