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September 18th, 2003 21:00
Dual monitors on a Optiplex GX1
Is it possible to set up two monitors using a PCI graphics card for one monitor and the on board video for the other. I can get the PCI monitor to work with the card in the top slot but the other monitor just shows vertical coloured lines. I have tried all display adjustments with no luck. I have even tried changing the video display driver for the on board graphics card but that does not work at all. I am pretty sure the on board video is AGP and I tend to think this could be the problem- trying to mix AGP and PCI adapters. I do not have any AGP slots on my system. Any advise would be appreciated!!!
uog28
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September 18th, 2003 21:00
DELL-Stephen S
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September 19th, 2003 13:00
uog28,
Thank you for visiting the Dell Community Forum.
Because Dell has not tested this system in a dual monitor configuration, I can’t say for sure this will help you but you may want to review the following Dell Knowledge Base article on setting up dual monitors in Windows 98.
How do I connect a second monitor to my system with Microsoft® Windows® 98 to use dual monitor support?
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Hydralisk00222
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September 19th, 2003 18:00
I'm not 100% sure but
You need to install a special driver for the ATI Rage Pro video card that will generate a Videobios.bin file or something to the C:\.
That contains the onboard video BIOS contents and then dual displays with the onboard will work.
Doesn't work on NT/2000/XP
speedstep
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September 21st, 2003 18:00
You are correct.
For Win98 use the WIN98 Drivers.
For WIN98SE use the WINME WDM compatable Drivers.
http://www.ati.com/support/products/pc/ragepro/rageprodrivers.html
uog28
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September 23rd, 2003 13:00
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September 23rd, 2003 15:00
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speedstep
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November 16th, 2003 04:00
Not sure where this propaganda comes from.
Desktop Computer Display Adapters for Use with the Multiple Monitor Feature
3DFX Banshee
3DFX Voodoo3, Voodoo4, Voodoo5
3DLabs Permedia2, Permedia3
ATI Rage128, Rage128 AIW, Radeon
Intel I810
Matrox Millennium, Millennium II, Mystique, G100, G200, Productiva, G400, G450
Number Nine Imagine 128, Imagine128 v2, Revolution 3D, Revolution 4
Nvidia NV3 (Riva128)
Nvidia NV4, NV5 (TNT, TNT2, TNT2, TNT2 Ultra, TNT2 Vanta, TNT2 M64, Geforce, Geforce3)
SIS315
Desktop Computer Display Adapters for Use with the Dualview Feature
Matrox G200, G400, G450,
SIS300i
WIN2000 DOES Support Dual Monitors as does XP.
It Does not support this Feature with ALL displays or All monitors.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=307397
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=283674
The one I use in Optiplex Systems Came from Dell Its a Dell TNT M64 16 Meg PCI Card.
DP/N 09629U
durai_Saf
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December 11th, 2003 16:00
I have the same problem but don't understand any of the comments to the primary question. Is it possible to use the on-board monitor port along with a PCI card in Dell optiplex GX1 computers to enable dual monitors?
In mine, The monitor connected to PCI card works fine will the onboard monitor is blank. There are no connection issues. I use win XP SP1. The PCI card is a SONY Voodoo.