Solve : question about dual monitors?

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Answer» I want to begin using 2 monitors. In the back of my Dell8300 are two blue sockets. One produces a picture when attached to my flat panel monitor. If I switch to the other socket on the computer I get a message on the monitor saying that I'm connected to the wrong socket. I believe one of the sockets on the computer puts out an analog signal while the other one puts out a digital signal. If I get another monitor and cable and PLUG into the available socket will I have two monitors so that I can view two different windows or will I just have two monitors showing the IDENTICAL image? In the research I've done I see instructions to click on boxes with 1 and 2 and so forth. I don't have any such boxes available with my VERSION of XP Home. Or is that something that would appear if I had a different video card?You can use a display card with 2 outletsWhat video card is in there ? ?Or you can use a VGA to DVI adapterWe may be looking at onboard video + a vid card here which is why i asked... Quote from: patio on October 12, 2008, 12:57:41 PM What video card is in there ? ? The card (per spec sheet) is "128mb ddr geforce fx 5200 with tv out and dvi"Go with the adapter Dvi to vga Quote from: xavier on October 12, 2008, 02:16:22 PM Go with the adapter Dvi to vga If I get the adapter and another monitor and cable and plug into the available socket will I have two monitors so that I can view two different windows or will I just have two monitors showing the identical image?same image , You might want to [Google] type in , two monitors Quote from: xavier on October 12, 2008, 03:43:48 PM same image , You might want to [Google] type in , two monitors That's how I got here.When you go to two monitors [google] it explains how you can split screen you monitorsCheck it out... http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/SearchDetail.asp?productID=3071 Alan <>< Thats alot better than the Y adapter for APPX: $20.00

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I want to begin using 2 monitors. In the back of my Dell8300 are two blue sockets. One produces a picture when attached to my flat panel monitor. If I switch to the other socket on the computer I get a message on the monitor saying that I'm connected to the wrong socket.

I believe one of the sockets on the computer puts out an analog signal while the other one puts out a digital signal.

If I get another monitor and cable and PLUG into the available socket will I have two monitors so that I can view two different windows or will I just have two monitors showing the IDENTICAL image?

In the research I've done I see instructions to click on boxes with 1 and 2 and so forth. I don't have any such boxes available with my VERSION of XP Home. Or is that something that would appear if I had a different video card?You can use a display card with 2 outletsWhat video card is in there ? ?Or you can use a VGA to DVI adapterWe may be looking at onboard video + a vid card here which is why i asked... Quote from: patio on October 12, 2008, 12:57:41 PM

What video card is in there ? ?

The card (per spec sheet) is "128mb ddr geforce fx 5200 with tv out and dvi"Go with the adapter Dvi to vga Quote from: xavier on October 12, 2008, 02:16:22 PM

Go with the adapter Dvi to vga

If I get the adapter and another monitor and cable and plug into the available socket will I have two monitors so that I can view two different windows or will I just have two monitors showing the identical image?same image , You might want to [Google] type in , two monitors Quote from: xavier on October 12, 2008, 03:43:48 PM

same image , You might want to [Google] type in , two monitors

That's how I got here.When you go to two monitors [google] it explains how you can split screen you monitorsCheck it out...

http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/SearchDetail.asp?productID=3071

Alan <>< Thats alot better than the Y adapter for APPX: $20.00

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