Re: Dual moitors (2 graphic cards)

I have never set up or used a dual monitor system with different video adapters,
so I'll take your word that it can be made to work. IMHO, either a single card
with dual monitor connectors or a matched cards allows for better integration
and ease of managing a dual or triple or quad monitor setup... Ben Myers

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:11:45 -0400, "Christopher Muto" <muto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

my understanding is that the 170l comes with integrated video and has not
video specific expansion slot (no agp or pci-express slots - only general
purpose pci slots). if you install a pci video card then you should enter
the bios to select the behavior of the integrated video. there are two
options in the bios for something called 'primary video' - auto and onboard.
i believe that if leave it on the default 'auto' then the primary video is
hat has a monitor connected to it. if it is set to onboard then the
onboard/integrated video is the primary. some dells refuse to allow you to
use the onboard video in conjunction with an add on video card. not
familiar enough with the 170l to tell you what the story is with this
machine. but i would set the 'primary video' in the bios to onboard, and
then boot the system and enter display properties and look for the second
monitor and select to extend your desktop to the second monitor... the
comment above about multiple video cards needing to be identical is not
true. but it would probably have been better to have selected a single dual
monitor video card instead of using the integrated video at all... keep us
posted of your progress.

<gudis2@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a Dell Optiplex 170L that has a Plug and Play Monitor on Intel
82865G Graphic Controller and I wanted to have the capability for a
dual monitor. I have two monitors one is a Dell and the other is a
Proview. I purchased a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 after it was recomended
by a technician at a local computer store. After I installed it,
which seemed fairly simple, and now that I have two cards, I connected
one monitor to the old card and the other monitor to the new card.
When I start the computer the new monitor displays the Windows start
up and then goes black and the old monitor displays windows desktop.
I can not seem to get both monitors to display at the same time. The
only time I get the new one to work is if I disable the old. If any
one has any suggestions I am all ears.


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