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From: Justaskme on 2 Mar 2010 09:39


"Damian" <damian_andrews75(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Justaskme" <nospam(a)myemail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Damian" <damian_andrews75(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "Rob" <mesamine(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:4b8c971d$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>>>> On 2/03/2010 3:32 PM, Damian wrote:
>>>>> "Rob"<mesamine(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:4b8c910d$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>>>>>> On 2/03/2010 3:05 PM, Damian wrote:
>>>>>>> "Rod Speed"<rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:7v3a46FvruU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>> Damian wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm wondering, is there a way to setup a dual monitor system(with
>>>>>>>>> windows xp) to divide multiple windows between two(or more)
>>>>>>>>> monitors?
>>>>>>>>> Lets say I have firefox and Internet Explorer, etc running and
>>>>>>>>> want
>>>>>>>>> to send firefox window to one monitor and IE to the other monitor.
>>>>>>>>> Is
>>>>>>>>> that possible?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If so, what sort of video card,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One that supports dual monitors.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> software do I need?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nothing extra, XP and a video card that supports more than one
>>>>>>>> monitor
>>>>>>>> will do that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks Roddles, straight and simple answer that I can understand.
>>>>>>> :). Can
>>>>>>> you please tell whether this is possible with two seperate video
>>>>>>> cards?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why bother with two cards, most cards now support 2x DVI or have
>>>>>> one VGA
>>>>>> and one DVI port, all yon need is an adaptor to output to your
>>>>>> monitor
>>>>>> type. DVI> VGA or VGA> DVI
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some cards come with the adaptors.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks. I haven't got a newer video card with two seperate ports, but
>>>>> have
>>>>> few cards with one port, therefore trying to get some use out of them
>>>>> as
>>>>> well. :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Do you have AGP cards or PCI cards ????
>>>>
>>>> Boards have one AGP slot and heaps of PCI slots. So you may not have a
>>>> PCI card to fit.
>>>>
>>> I have both. But, just found out the AMD Athlon motherboard isn't
>>> working with any of the PCI cards(2 of them) that I've tried so far. AGP
>>> port is already being used for the existing monitor. What a bummer! :)).
>>> Any idea, why it isn't happy with the PCI cards(cards are good ones)?
>>> the motherboard is GA-7VAXP(rev 1.2) with 2.8GHz Athlon CPU. It simply
>>> won't boot(no screen), once I installed the additional PCI video card.
>>> Thanks. :)
>>>
>>
>>
>> That`s your BIOS settings choice between PCI or AGP
>> (can`t have both...unfortunately)
>> Either PCI or AGP ...F10 then save and exit.
> In other words, I can have two PCI video cards then(but not one PCI and
> one AGP), right?
>


2xpci or 2xagp

Or mix and match...whatever!

From: terryc on 2 Mar 2010 15:53
On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:37:13 +0000, Justaskme wrote:


> That`s your BIOS settings choice between PCI or AGP (can`t have
> both...unfortunately)
> Either PCI or AGP ...F10 then save and exit.

AFAIK that is usually just which screen gets bootup/base window.

From: terryc on 2 Mar 2010 15:55
On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:16:10 +1100, Damian wrote:


>> Do you have AGP cards or PCI cards ????
>>
>> Boards have one AGP slot and heaps of PCI slots. So you may not have a
>> PCI card to fit.
>>
> I have both. But, just found out the AMD Athlon motherboard isn't
> working with any of the PCI cards(2 of them) that I've tried so far.

Which cards are they?

Properly seated?

Tried removing power cord, removing and reseating then go a few times
(don't ask why, but sometimes it makes them work BTDT).

From: Damian on 2 Mar 2010 19:51

"terryc" <newsninespam-spam(a)woa.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:16:10 +1100, Damian wrote:
>
>
>>> Do you have AGP cards or PCI cards ????
>>>
>>> Boards have one AGP slot and heaps of PCI slots. So you may not have a
>>> PCI card to fit.
>>>
>> I have both. But, just found out the AMD Athlon motherboard isn't
>> working with any of the PCI cards(2 of them) that I've tried so far.
>
> Which cards are they?
>
> Properly seated?
>
> Tried removing power cord, removing and reseating then go a few times
> (don't ask why, but sometimes it makes them work BTDT).
>
I tried. It still doesn't do anything. I guess, trying with two PCI video
cards is the option left for me now??!!!
Thnx


From: Marts on 2 Mar 2010 21:15
Rob wrote...

> The ideal set-up for video editing is two 26" screens.

Undoubtedly. Other than cost the desk isn't big enough to accomodate them.

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