Plug the multiple VID cards in or get a dual head card and if you have a good os, WIN2k,xp (Dont start!) then you'll get both displays quickly enough and its verrrrry nice ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Candace Cottrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 9:29 AM Subject: RE: MultiMonitorMess
Ok, I didnt know I could be doing different things on the same box. So, how do you tell your computer that it has 2 or three input and output sources? How does this all work? Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer The Children's Medical Center One Children's Plaza Dayton, OH 45404 937-641-4293 http://www.childrensdayton.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/5/2003 12:25:17 PM >>> Here's one very good use for 2 monitors, one for all the tool pallets and the other for your work area. Or if you have 3 monitors, front and side views for gaming. larry At 08:35 AM 3/5/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Ok, why do you need 2 montors for the same puter?? > >Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer >The Children's Medical Center >One Children's Plaza >Dayton, OH 45404 >937-641-4293 >http://www.childrensdayton.org > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/4/2003 9:02:32 PM >>> >Do both monitors cables have ferrite blocks on them? You can pick >them >up at Radio Shack usually. That might reduce it. > >Another possibilty is to ensure a ground to the "bad" one - loop wire >from the metal casing (usually visible through the vents) to something >nice an metal - like a baseboard heater or something... > >Once you go dual you'll never go back! > >Jim Davis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 7:04 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: MultiMonitorMess > > > > > > Two ATI cards (hey, it was cheap), a 19" KDS and a 15" Dell > > rebrand. It's not the cards -- there's a free slot between > > them and the line goes away when the Dell 15" is off. > > > > > > -- Ben Doom > > Programmer & General Lackey > > Moonbow Software, Inc > > > > : -----Original Message----- > > : From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > : Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 4:42 PM > > : To: CF-Community > > : Subject: Re: MultiMonitorMess > > : > > : > > : Use 7018 rod when welding it. > > : > > : What type of monitors? We have many workstations here with > > dual monitors > > : using View Sonics and Matrox Dual Video card. No problem here. > > : > > : At 04:33 PM 3/4/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > : >So I dropped a spare video card in my workstation, so I > > could set up a > > : >second montor. > > : > > > : >Problem is, if I turn the second one on, both monitors get > > this annoying > > : >crawling line on them. I put them about as far apart (6-7") as >is > > : >convenient on my desk, and it reduced the problem, but > > didn't solve it. > > : > > > : >Short of borrowing my boss's welding iron and building a shield, > > : anyone have > > : >any ideas? > > : > > > : > > > : >-- Ben Doom > > : > Programmer & General Lackey > > : > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : > > > : > > > : > > > : > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
