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joinerjohn

Post subject: setting up a dual screen monitor

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:28 pm

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Anyone know , how to set up a computer with two monitors?. My present comp has a PCI E graphics card in and also has the onboard monitor connection (unused)
Is it possible to plug another monitor in so I can have say two windows open (one on each screen) ?

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chat_to_rich

Post subject: Re: setting up a dual screen monitor

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:03 am

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The onboard graphics will almost definately be disabled by the presence of the dedicated graphics card. What outputs does the graphics card have?

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Post subject: Re: setting up a dual screen monitor

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:11 am

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Most video cards have dual output. If you have the regular 15-pin VGA socket AND the DVI socket you can use them both.

Right click on the desktop and go to dispay - properties. If you see two 'monitors' on the 'screen' (marked 1 and 2) then you card WILL support two displays simultaneously.

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