: Surface Pro 11 with Intel chip has a setup of four screens.
: Surface Pro 11 with Intel chip has a setup of four screens.
I got a new Surface Pro 11 with an Intel i7 chip. I used to run four screens off my old laptop, but I thought the new one could handle that too. Some people said you can run five on a Surface Pro 7, so why not the new one? But when I plugged in three monitors from a Thunderbolt docking station, it only let me use three at a time and forced me to turn off one. I heard people say you can chain more screens together like that. I don't get it: how is daisy chaining different from a docked station? Anyone know the difference or what should I do?
Do you mean if you can plug three monitors into your docking station but not the fourth one plugged directly into the Surface Pro 11 on the left with those Intel Core Ultra 7 chips and two USB-C ports? That stops it from running all four. Have you tried this?
I can attach my surface screen and two extra monitors off the dock. Even though three are plugged in and working fine with the Lenovo. It seems I should be able to run three more screens from each USB 4.0 port. But it has to use cables that chain together (like having a display port out, but that's annoying). Two of my monitors are big curved Samsungs which don't support this trick. My plan is to try two external screens first (one with the daisy chain, one without), then try using a USB 4.0 to Display Port cable for the third screen. I just don't get why chaining works but docking stations don't.
I have not tried: 1. Using a USB4 cable for three external monitors connected in a daisy chain. When you turn one off, turning another on can kill it all. 2. Using two external monitors with a USB4 cable. If four monitors are plugged in at once, one gets turned off or killed. I know that the Snapdragon chip only supports three screens because of problems between this chip and USB-C rules. I don't see why Intel chips would have this limit. Help me please!