Dual Monitor Setup Problem

[macdiesel1]

I have a mobo with an onboard nVIDIA GeForce 7100 graphics. I have an old PCI vga graphics card I tried to install so that I could have a dual monitor setup. When I say old I mean like late 90's old! When I installed the old graphics card it was the primary graphics and Vista totally ignored the onboard grahics. It was not even an option. I went into the bios and change to primary to onboard but that didn't do anything. Am I missing something? Help!

 

[vacunita]

Likely not Vista, but the BIOS. BIOS tend to disable the onboard video when an add-on card is detected.

Make sure the onboard is enabled in BIOS if there is such an option.

If there is no option, then you pretty much can;t use an add-on card along side the onboard video.

Your other option would be to buy a cheap add-on card with two outputs that way you don't need the onboard card.





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[wahnula]

Your other option would be to buy a cheap add-on card...

...and these things are CHEAP! I recently had to replace the vidcard on my server and found an ATI 3450 (two outputs) for $30USD.

Tony

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