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Confederate · 04-19-2004, 09:19 PM

here's my setup, I have an onboard video card- 64 meg Nvidia, one AGP card 16 meg ATI all in wonder, and another 16 meg ATI rage pro. My problem is, my AGP and PCI monitor work, but now my onboard monitor doesnt work. Any Idea how to get around this, or am I S.O.L.?

flamingpeach · 04-19-2004, 09:58 PM

I had the same problem, it turned out to be my OS...

aer you using XP home?

Confederate · 04-19-2004, 09:59 PM

XP pro

flamingpeach · 04-19-2004, 10:05 PM

You could check the bios for onboard video controls. See if there's a setting that lets you disable/enable onboard vid if external is present.

Confederate · 04-19-2004, 10:11 PM

ok let me check

Confederate · 04-19-2004, 10:19 PM

all it has is an option to change the primary video display, it had [AGP/Onboard] or [PCI]

flamingpeach · 04-19-2004, 10:57 PM

Have you gone into your display properties and to the advanced settings tab to see if you see all three video cards in the drop down?

I'm running out of ideas

Confederate · 04-19-2004, 11:00 PM

trust me, i appreciate your help.
All I get are the AGP card, and the PCI card, the onboard one doesnt show up at all

Gotenks · 04-20-2004, 02:32 AM

Trying for a longshot here but, have you updated your bios? I personally havent even tried running a 3 mon system, so i'm not much help.

Scorpion23 · 04-20-2004, 05:16 AM

Is your onboard card labled as an "AGP" adapter in the manual or such? It's been my experience that almost all internal vid cards are AGP, even if the computer doen't have an AGP expansion slot.

As far as I know you can only have one AGP device at a time. Try taking out the AGP AIW and see if it recognises the onboard video. If it does then that's your problem.

shakran · 04-20-2004, 05:37 AM

That is, in fact, most likely the problem. time for a new vidcard. The new ATI AIW cards are dualhead, so you'd get 3 monitors without having to use onboard at all. since you want 3, i assume you're doing some video editing, so the AIW would be your solution anyway since it can import/export to VTR via svideo or RCA.

Confederate · 04-20-2004, 08:03 PM

flamingpeach · 04-20-2004, 10:38 PM

So I guess it worked??

Confederate · 04-21-2004, 12:05 AM

oh sorry i guess i forgot, i found an old 4 meg PCI card that'll do untill i can afford a better PCI card

zxello · 04-21-2004, 01:07 AM

jeebus, i couldnt imagine using anything less than a 64mb card at the _least_

Confederate · 04-21-2004, 08:30 AM

actually it's not that bad, one monitor for IMing and winamp and other small prog's, the main monitor for videos and games, and the third for browsing the internet and working with files. it's cool. I would like to have better but paying for college left me with little money. plus i got the other 2 monitors and vid cards for free

Silverbrain · 04-23-2004, 09:00 AM

Confederate, I Have a customer interested in the same thing you are doing, and I was wondering if you had to do anything special to get 3 video cards setup in your PC. Right now, I throw in a PCI card to match a dual head Matrox already installed and WinXP Pro comes up "device cannot start (code 10)" I have tried 3 different cards, all with that error.

:edit: Figured it out, I had to put the PCI adapter first in the BIOS and boot that. All is working )

madsenj37 · 04-23-2004, 01:41 PM

I can understand 2 monitors, but why 3? Is it simply because you can? That is the only reason I can come up with.

Silverbrain · 04-23-2004, 02:26 PM

My customer is a stock broker, guess he wants a really really long ticker?

yodapaul · 04-23-2004, 09:41 PM

Just a thought...

Many of the new versions of a bios have 2 types of Settings, the normal and the advanced.
To get to the advanced settings go into your bios and press ctrl-F1. Then start looking around, you should see more options under almost all of the areas in the bios.

This should work with most of the motherboards out there, but not with all.

Good luck.

Confederate · 04-24-2004, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by madsenj37
I can understand 2 monitors, but why 3? Is it simply because you can? That is the only reason I can come up with.

as stated above

actually it's not that bad, one monitor for IMing and winamp and other small prog's, the main monitor for videos and games, and the third for browsing the internet and working with files. it's cool. I would like to have better but paying for college left me with little money. plus i got the other 2 monitors and vid cards for free

glytch · 04-24-2004, 04:13 PM

A quick question: I've decided to try this as well (only 2 monitors though). The second monitor will basically be for diong other things while I'm playing games. My question is, when I open a game, it only displays on the primary monitor and basically cuts the other one off. I'd like it to display on the primary, while not changing anything on the secondary, so i can IM and browse webpages and such. Is this possible?

Confederate · 04-24-2004, 06:19 PM

hmm when i run games the other monitor still shows up, I guess my question is are you running the game at the same resolution that the other monitor is running

glytch · 04-24-2004, 09:58 PM

Good question. The only game I tested it out on was Diablo, and that game doesn't have an option to change resolutions (it's stuck in a horrible, horrible resolution). I'll give something else a shot and see if that makes a difference.

merkerguitars · 04-28-2004, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Silverbrain
My customer is a stock broker, guess he wants a really really long ticker?

I set up a dual 17" LCD for a customer that is a stock broker...what he does he runs one screen for his stock stocks and another for news.......eventually he is gonna run two computer with 4 19" LCD monitors.

JasWalker · 04-30-2004, 12:31 PM

I run three at work so I can did through some massive spread sheets (inventory sucks!) It's also handy to have my admin tools on one screen email on the other and web browser on the third.

WARNING!!! Once you switch to multiiple monitors there is no going back to one!

gigawatz · 05-01-2004, 04:27 AM

Quote:

[i]WARNING!!! Once you switch to multiiple monitors there is no going back to one!

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Word!

04-19-2004, 09:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX	Triple Monitor Problems!!! here's my setup, I have an onboard video card- 64 meg Nvidia, one AGP card 16 meg ATI all in wonder, and another 16 meg ATI rage pro. My problem is, my AGP and PCI monitor work, but now my onboard monitor doesnt work. Any Idea how to get around this, or am I S.O.L.?

04-19-2004, 09:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
flamingpeach hip mama Location: redmond, washington	I had the same problem, it turned out to be my OS... aer you using XP home? __________________ I've eaten my veggies all my life so bring it on, I am educated and strong for the revolution.

04-19-2004, 10:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
flamingpeach hip mama Location: redmond, washington	You could check the bios for onboard video controls. See if there's a setting that lets you disable/enable onboard vid if external is present. __________________ I've eaten my veggies all my life so bring it on, I am educated and strong for the revolution.

04-19-2004, 10:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
flamingpeach hip mama Location: redmond, washington	Have you gone into your display properties and to the advanced settings tab to see if you see all three video cards in the drop down? I'm running out of ideas __________________ I've eaten my veggies all my life so bring it on, I am educated and strong for the revolution.

04-20-2004, 02:32 AM	#9 (permalink)
Gotenks Crazy Location: In a house	Trying for a longshot here but, have you updated your bios? I personally havent even tried running a 3 mon system, so i'm not much help. __________________ Mors ultima linea rerum est.

04-19-2004, 09:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX	XP pro

04-19-2004, 10:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX	ok let me check

04-19-2004, 10:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX	all it has is an option to change the primary video display, it had [AGP/Onboard] or [PCI]

04-19-2004, 11:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX	trust me, i appreciate your help. All I get are the AGP card, and the PCI card, the onboard one doesnt show up at all

04-20-2004, 05:16 AM	#10 (permalink)
Scorpion23 Psycho	Is your onboard card labled as an "AGP" adapter in the manual or such? It's been my experience that almost all internal vid cards are AGP, even if the computer doen't have an AGP expansion slot. As far as I know you can only have one AGP device at a time. Try taking out the AGP AIW and see if it recognises the onboard video. If it does then that's your problem. __________________ "Empirically observed covariation is a necessary but not sufficient condition for causality" - Edward Tufte

04-20-2004, 05:37 AM	#11 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	That is, in fact, most likely the problem. time for a new vidcard. The new ATI AIW cards are dualhead, so you'd get 3 monitors without having to use onboard at all. since you want 3, i assume you're doing some video editing, so the AIW would be your solution anyway since it can import/export to VTR via svideo or RCA.

04-20-2004, 08:03 PM	#12 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX

04-20-2004, 10:38 PM	#13 (permalink)
flamingpeach hip mama Location: redmond, washington	So I guess it worked?? __________________ I've eaten my veggies all my life so bring it on, I am educated and strong for the revolution.

04-21-2004, 12:05 AM	#14 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX	oh sorry i guess i forgot, i found an old 4 meg PCI card that'll do untill i can afford a better PCI card

04-21-2004, 01:07 AM	#15 (permalink)
zxello Addict Location: P-Town, WA	jeebus, i couldnt imagine using anything less than a 64mb card at the _least_ __________________ Old signature just wasn't doing it for me anymore, so now I have this new one. It's equally as stupid but at least it looks really long. I'm probably just going to keep typing until I run out of things to babble about and see how many people actually read this. I once ran down a hill, fell down and hurt my elbow; my mom said I would be ok, she kissed it and made it all better. I've run out of things to say now, so if you have read this whole thing, congratulations you get a gold star!

04-23-2004, 02:26 PM	#19 (permalink)
Silverbrain Addict Location: Nor Cal	My customer is a stock broker, guess he wants a really really long ticker? __________________ Over Thinking, Over Analyzing Seperates the Body from the Mind - MJK

04-21-2004, 08:30 AM	#16 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX	actually it's not that bad, one monitor for IMing and winamp and other small prog's, the main monitor for videos and games, and the third for browsing the internet and working with files. it's cool. I would like to have better but paying for college left me with little money. plus i got the other 2 monitors and vid cards for free

04-23-2004, 09:00 AM	#17 (permalink)
Silverbrain Addict Location: Nor Cal	Confederate, I Have a customer interested in the same thing you are doing, and I was wondering if you had to do anything special to get 3 video cards setup in your PC. Right now, I throw in a PCI card to match a dual head Matrox already installed and WinXP Pro comes up "device cannot start (code 10)" I have tried 3 different cards, all with that error. :edit: Figured it out, I had to put the PCI adapter first in the BIOS and boot that. All is working ) __________________ Over Thinking, Over Analyzing Seperates the Body from the Mind - MJK Last edited by Silverbrain; 04-23-2004 at 09:12 AM..

04-23-2004, 01:41 PM	#18 (permalink)
madsenj37 Still searching... Location: NorCal For Life	I can understand 2 monitors, but why 3? Is it simply because you can? That is the only reason I can come up with. __________________ "Only two things are certain: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe." -- Albert Einstein

04-23-2004, 09:41 PM	#20 (permalink)
yodapaul Insane Location: MN	Just a thought... Many of the new versions of a bios have 2 types of Settings, the normal and the advanced. To get to the advanced settings go into your bios and press ctrl-F1. Then start looking around, you should see more options under almost all of the areas in the bios. This should work with most of the motherboards out there, but not with all. Good luck. __________________ I'm Just here to help. Now, Where is your problem?

04-24-2004, 04:13 PM	#22 (permalink)
glytch I am not permanent. Location: Tennessee	A quick question: I've decided to try this as well (only 2 monitors though). The second monitor will basically be for diong other things while I'm playing games. My question is, when I open a game, it only displays on the primary monitor and basically cuts the other one off. I'd like it to display on the primary, while not changing anything on the secondary, so i can IM and browse webpages and such. Is this possible? __________________ If you're flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit. - Mitch Hedberg

04-24-2004, 06:19 PM	#23 (permalink)
Confederate Death Leprechaun Location: College Station, TX	hmm when i run games the other monitor still shows up, I guess my question is are you running the game at the same resolution that the other monitor is running

04-24-2004, 09:58 PM	#24 (permalink)
glytch I am not permanent. Location: Tennessee	Good question. The only game I tested it out on was Diablo, and that game doesn't have an option to change resolutions (it's stuck in a horrible, horrible resolution). I'll give something else a shot and see if that makes a difference. __________________ If you're flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit. - Mitch Hedberg

04-30-2004, 12:31 PM	#26 (permalink)
JasWalker Upright Location: In front of my computer	I run three at work so I can did through some massive spread sheets (inventory sucks!) It's also handy to have my admin tools on one screen email on the other and web browser on the third. WARNING!!! Once you switch to multiiple monitors there is no going back to one!