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Dual monitors with integrated video?

recently, i bought an AGP nVidia GeForce 7950 GT with 2 DVI ports. even more recently, the primary DVI port stopped producing the color red. this is a problem, seeing that i use two monitors. before sending in the card and dealing with the frustration of being without a monitor,...

Tags: Corporate communications, Monitors & displays, Video cards, shadow191@..., monitor, video, DVI Port, video card, DVI

Discussion threads 2007-11-06

What's the performance penalty for using ClearType?

So they upgraded me at work to a nice 19" LCD monitor (replaced an aging 17" CRT). The problem is that my PC doesn't have a digital video output so this is being fed from the standard analog port. The screen fonts definitely look better when I turn...

Tags: ClearType, DVI, DVI Port, graphics, hardware, lcd, monitor, performance, RexWorld, video card, windows

Discussion threads 2005-07-25

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Dual Monitor Issues, DVI and VGA

I originally had a dual 17" display setup going on. Both VGA. I had one plugged into my 9800XT's VGA port, and one plugged into a DVI to VGA adapter to plug into the DVI port. It worked great. Booted up everytime and had both monitors...

Tags: Monitors & displays, link470, DVI, monitor, VGA

Discussion threads 2007-11-09

DVI Port on PC & VGA on HDMI Monitor? Can't make it work.

I have an add-on PCI Visiontek Radeon X1300 Series Video Card in my SFF pc and I am trying to hook it to a 32" Viewsonic Widescreen HDTV/Monitor Combo. I ran a DVI-A male to HD15 Male Analog Video Cable with the DVI-A connector on the pc and the...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Corporate communications, HDMI, monitor, VGA, DVI-A, PC, cable

Discussion threads 2008-05-23

Dual Monitor - DVI and VGA Ports Keep Burning Out

I have a computer where we have a dual monitor setup and we are on the 3rd monitor now because the ports seem to be frying on the back one at a time. It started with a lightning strike fried a VGA port, so I changed it to the...

Tags: Monitors & displays, monitor, DVI, DVI Port, VGA-port, surge protector, protector

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Can I use my pc monitor's dvi connection to connect directly to my HDTV?

I have a older pc using windows xp and my monitor has a vga that is used to connect to the pc and then also and dvi I just discovered, can i connect dvi on monitor directly to dvi input on my tv, when I do that my tv screen...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Desktops, HDTV, computer monitor, awine@..., monitor, TV, PC, DVI, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-02-27

dvi cable

I just built a new computer. It has a dvi port. I bought a dvi cable and plugged into my monitor and computer. It does not work. Does anyone know why? My vga cable works just fine.Mark

Tags: Network technology, goodrich10@..., cable

Discussion threads 2007-04-11

Dual monitor help

I have 2 PC's and 2 LCD's. PC A has dual VGA outputs. PC B has a DVI and VGA output. Both monitors are Viewsonic VG930m's that have both DVI and VGA inputs. I want to be able to use both PC's not simultaneously with dual monitors....

Tags: Monitors & displays, hodyssey2006@..., DVI, VGA, LCD, monitor, PC B, PC, PC-A

Discussion threads 2007-10-15

One Monitor Dual display

I have a DELLIULTRASHARP 3008WFP monitor which has 2 DVI ports and Nvidia Quadro NVS 290 video card with DVI Y cable connecting two DVI cables to both DVI ports on the Dell 3008WFP monitor.Can i configure the Nvidia card to split the screen to show both ports as two...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TV & Home Theater, DVI, monitor, PIP

Q&A 2009-05-27

Dual Monitor with DisplayPort and VGA?

Hi Everyone,I just had a new computer hooked up at work and I'm wondering if it will support dual-monitors. It has a displayPort and a VGA port. Ideally, I'd like to get a DVI -> dP adapter and hook up one monitor that way and the other via the VGA...

Tags: Monitors & displays, monitor, DVI, VGA

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Dual Monitors

My gfx card has a DVI port and an VGA port on it if i connect 1 monitor to DVI port and 1 to VGA port can i run dual monitors this way? or would it be better to "split" one of the ports with an adapter?I was planning on...

Tags: Monitors & displays, DVI, VGA, monitor, VGA-port, card

Discussion threads 2009-03-13

LCD monitor connection to DVI-I graphics card port.

Have 24-inch LCD monitor with DVI-D connection and PC with DVI-I graphics card port. Can DVI-D cable be used for connection of both, or is a DVI-I to DVI-D adapter needed? Sounds like you have the right setuphttp://www.datapro.net/news/do-i-need-a-dvi-i-to-dvi-d-cable.htmlhttp://www.techimo.com/forum/graphics-cards-displays/185962-dvi-d-monitor-dvi-i-computer-will-work.html

Tags: Video cards, Monitors & displays, DVI-I, DVI-D, LCD monitor, LCD, video card, graphics, monitor

Discussion threads 2009-02-17

Why is BIOS System Time Reseting?

I'm having an incredibly strange problem where the system time in the BIOS resets every time the power supply is unplugged. Only the time is reset, all other setting stick.The problem started on a new Asus P5K-E MB. I replaced the battery and pulled the MB out of...

Tags: Monitors & displays, card, Gigabyte card, BIOS, DVI Port

Discussion threads 2008-05-07

dual head not works

I have a two output display in my toshiba Satellite (P100): a DVI and a VGA. So, I can use two external displays when running Windows.BUT, when running Linux, the DVI output is completely ignored and the Nvidia-settings do not recognize the monitor connected in the DVI port.I want to...

Tags: Linux, Monitors & displays, Notebooks, liliane_sm@..., DVI, LVDS

Discussion threads 2007-08-30

Using a monitor with a desktop and laptop

What i want to do is use my monitor with both my desktop and laptop. the monitor is a 22" hp with dvi and vga in. what i was going to do was use my KVM switch with it but if i do that then i loose the DVI quality...

Tags: Monitors & displays, laptop computer, monitor, DVI, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-11-27

KVM layout with DVI connections

I need some input on a little project I want to do.I currently have a PC with Windows XP Pro that is hooked up to do dual monitors. I also have a Macbook Pro notebook computer.I am looking into getting a KVM switch with DVI connections. The video...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows XP, DVI, KVM Switch, monitor

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

DVI-150's remote not working

with my new computer, I got a tv tuner card installed (DVICO DVI-150: FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Express [Australia / Europe Only] ). now it was all working fine until I had to take my computer back to get a DVD-drive swapped over. since then, the remote for the card has...

Tags: Engineering, .Martin., FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Express, Europe Only, battery

Discussion threads 2009-04-26

Annoying DVI Icon on monitor

After waking the monitor a cyan colored icon appears as it fires up and persists for as long as two minutes. It is a rectangle with the text "DVI" accompanied with a small image of a DVI cable male end. What is it's purpose and how can I eliminate it...

Tags: Monitors & displays, mikesubs@..., DVI, monitor

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

dual monitor VGA & DVI

I have a display which have 2 port DVI and VGA.Can I use 2 devices to display,1 connect to VGA and 1 to DVI?Depending on your OS and if hte card support dual monitors, yes.Which display adapter do you have?Windows XP SP2 and normal display card which have 2 ports...

Tags: DVI, hardware, lcw@..., monitor, VGA

Q&A 2005-04-23

Don't buy an HDTV without reading this first

Forking out a few thousand dollars or even just a few hundred is a serious investment, and the last thing you want to do is buy an HDTV with lousy color rendition. Navigating the minefield in consumer electronics is a confusing proposition even for the seasoned gadget geeks, so...

Tags: Hardware, Fun Stuff

Blog posts 2007-03-31