multiple Monitor Question

Posted: 09-24-2003, 01:41 AM

Doc Wally

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Okay,

To put this rather bluntly, how the *&%! do I set up multiple monitors. I
know, I know, it should be fairly simple. The computer I am working on has
a built in video card on the motherboard - no place to disable it. Okay, so
I slap in a Rage 128Pro AGP card in the slot and its all happy, only sees
the AGP128 card. Okay, so I think I should install a second simple PCI
video card and badda bing. . . errr, sorry, flagged out in device manager.

In short, I know that there are certain ways of doing this and the Windows
XP Professional resource kit gives you a scant 2 pages, talks about
disabling VGA and blah blah. What is the simplest way to do this, those of
you who have done this?

Regards,

Walt

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Mark S.

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Re: multiple Monitor Question

Posted: 09-24-2003, 10:57 AM

"Doc Wally" <notimeforspam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> Okay,
>
> To put this rather bluntly, how the *&%! do I set up multiple monitors. I
> know, I know, it should be fairly simple. The computer I am working on

has

> a built in video card on the motherboard - no place to disable it. Okay,

> I slap in a Rage 128Pro AGP card in the slot and its all happy, only sees
> the AGP128 card. Okay, so I think I should install a second simple PCI
> video card and badda bing. . . errr, sorry, flagged out in device manager.
>
> In short, I know that there are certain ways of doing this and the Windows
> XP Professional resource kit gives you a scant 2 pages, talks about
> disabling VGA and blah blah. What is the simplest way to do this, those

> you who have done this?
>
> Regards,
>
> Walt
>
>

There is a website devoted to this issue, and it might help you sort it all
out.
Try going to http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/ and browsing through.
Especially recommended is their database of working dual monitor
combinations. Just any old PCI card might not work in your situation.

MarkS

R. Gregg Reed

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Re: multiple Monitor Question

Posted: 09-24-2003, 07:00 PM

"Doc Wally" <notimeforspam@spam.com> wrote in
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> Okay,
>
> To put this rather bluntly, how the *&%! do I set up multiple
> monitors. I know, I know, it should be fairly simple. The

computer I

> am working on has a built in video card on the motherboard - no

place

> to disable it. Okay, so I slap in a Rage 128Pro AGP card in the

slot

> and its all happy, only sees the AGP128 card. Okay, so I think I
> should install a second simple PCI video card and badda bing. . .
> errr, sorry, flagged out in device manager.
>
> In short, I know that there are certain ways of doing this and the
> Windows XP Professional resource kit gives you a scant 2 pages,

talks

> about disabling VGA and blah blah. What is the simplest way to do
> this, those of you who have done this?
>
> Regards,
>
> Walt
>
>

Maybe Windows is seeing the onboard video card after all. Have you
tried disabling the onboard video card from the bios? My motherboard
has onboard video, sound, NIC and modem, and I can disable them all
from the bios.

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