paulunwin
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Whilst at college I used a powerful computer with 2 monitors, I new I could never work with one monitor again. The mother board is a GA-8SIML, 2 gig of ramm and a AMI bios: details are 62-1029-001199-00101111-040201-SiS650-NECC_000 and 8SIMLNF V1.0N - 1.0N
I have been using computers for 25 years and can do most things, adding an extra monitor should be a doddle! Or so I thought.
I used a splitter and went to the Display settings to add the extra monitor but the option for 2 monitors isn't there, I tried altering the resolutions and many other menial tasks. In the end I updated the Bios, drivers and graphics card. I went to Nvidia to update the graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE) and download their latest updates. I don't know what else to try to get this second monitor to work independently.
It works on the splitter, by that i mean both monitors show exactly the same information, i want them to be able to work independently so i can do more than one job at once
If the general opinion is to fit a second graphics card then could someone advise me what to get, where to get it and best way to fit it and what to be careful of.
I have been using computers for 25 years and can do most things, adding an extra monitor should be a doddle! Or so I thought.
I used a splitter and went to the Display settings to add the extra monitor but the option for 2 monitors isn't there, I tried altering the resolutions and many other menial tasks. In the end I updated the Bios, drivers and graphics card. I went to Nvidia to update the graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE) and download their latest updates. I don't know what else to try to get this second monitor to work independently.
It works on the splitter, by that i mean both monitors show exactly the same information, i want them to be able to work independently so i can do more than one job at once
If the general opinion is to fit a second graphics card then could someone advise me what to get, where to get it and best way to fit it and what to be careful of.