My laptop has Intel 11th gen processor i5-1135g7 (Asus Vivobook 15 K513EQ). The technical specifications of my processor, video card and motherboard support HDMI 2.0b, 4K 120Hz and even more.

However, for some reason, Asus decided to put an HDMI version 1.4 port here, and USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 but without DisplayPort feature, although the laptop hardware supports it. So, Asus artificially limited me to a refresh rate of only 30Hz at 4K.

I don’t understand much about hardware, but is there a way to replace the HDMI port with version 2.0, or add DisplayPort support to the USB-C port if the laptop hardware actually supports it? If so, will it be necessary to do any manipulations with the BIOS in this case?

Thanks for your answers!

  • tymophy76@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    No. Generally the reason they downspec these machines is because they use cheaper motherboards that don’t have enough layers to have traces of high enough quality to carry the proper signals. So even if you put a port that supported the higher spec on the board, the traces that are embedded in the board to carry the signal where it needs to go are still of insufficient quality.