Select the adapter, and then work the controls. Resolution, color depth and Advanced button on the Settings tab apply to each Second monitor, it is selected and the box is now accessible.įirst, let’s specify color depth and screen resolution This happens because the primary display is selected, and Notice that the box "extend my windows desktop.", at the bottom, Life, showing the same background as the primary one. Click “yes” and voilá the secondary display will come to Suggesting that the Desktop be extended onto this monitor. Click on number 2 immediately, Windows shows a message box, Picture of two monitors, side by side, one of them grayed out. Upon the first time after installation, the secondaryīoots and shows the desktop on the primary display, and the secondary remains Will work just fine, and can be configured individually. Different screen sizes, different brands, different models, dot-pitch, On the secondary monitor, assuring it is working.Īs for monitors, any combination of them is possible. When Windows initializes the secondary card, a message will be displayed Just select “plug-and-play monitor” it can be changed afterwards. If the monitor is not properly detected, there is no problem. Messages asking the computer to be rebooted, until a message states that theĬomputer must be rebooted (usually after the plug-and-play monitor is detected). ![]() An article in Microsoft Knowledge Base recommends answering no to all The monitor attached to the secondary card, if it is plug-and-play compatible. Properly detect the second card and install the drivers, and will also detect Upon boot, on the first time, Windows’ plug-and-play will usually The secondary monitor will remain blank until Windows detects it. The monitor that shows the boot messages is the primary one. Number cannot be visualized on the motherboard, just install the two PCI videoĪdapters in the computer, plug the monitors and turn the computer on. If two PCI adapters are used, the BIOS will initialize them in the order If your BIOS does not allow the setting of the order, try a BIOS update. The primary adapter is simply the first one to theĬombination of AGP/PCI is used, new BIOS’es will allow the initializationĪdapter is usually faster and better than the PCI one, it is common to set theĪGP slot to be initialized first by the BIOS. Brands or models do not matter.Īn AGP adapter can be combined with a PCI adapter, or two PCI adaptersĪdapters and a third PCI accelerator card (such as the old Voodoo 2) will workĬonsidered the primary card, and the other will be the secondary adapter. Practically all the new adapters support multiple monitors. Shouldn’t be a problem, since Windows 98 includes the proper drivers and Of adapters that won’t work with multiple monitors are those based on S3 Through a few tips and advices to improve productivity with multiple monitorsĪnd also some problems related, and how to circumvent them.Īny combination of video adapters is possible, although not all adapters Let’s see how to install a second video card, configure it and go The old adapter or monitor as a second one, instead of letting them rust in the The more monitors, the more overhead on the CPU. To the availability of free PCI slots in the computer and CPU performance. Microsoft Windows 98 and later allows up to nine video adapters to be With DualHead), but this article will address a combination of two video cards. To be plugged to them (such as Matrox cards There are video cards in the market that allow two monitors It works incredibly well, easy and instinctive, for an operating system Video card and checking a box with the mouse. Microsoft Windows 98 and later, this is a matter of simply installing a second Two 17” or even two 15” monitors give far more viewing area than a Working with more than one monitor is even better. Which lets more material to be visible at the screen and lowers the need toįor large texts, design and drawing, large monitors are a must. Monitors allow more windows to be open at the same time and larger view span, Keywords: multiple displays monitors adapters Windows 98 98SE MeĪnyone who has worked with a 17” monitor will hardly Microsoft Windows 98, tips to improve productivity and circumvent some problems ![]() To give an overview of working with multiple monitors in The Secondary Display and Configuring its Options
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