Dell Precision T3400

Quote from dinoman:

The mobo should'nt matter as long as it has the slots and capability of adding one or 2 cards, unless one bought a Mobo from the 80's

All the chipsets currently offered in both models should'nt effect MM capability for like I said that is controlled by the software. (XP)
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Of course, it SHOULDN'T... just appears that it does.

I've always avoided a mobo with "onboard video", knowing I'd need the cooperation of the chipset and BIOS for multi-card. Sometimes, however, even the ones with onboard video would allow "anything you could fit into a slot"... but not always.
 
Quote from dinoman:

The mobo should'nt matter as long as it has the slots and capability of adding one or 2 cards, unless one bought a Mobo from the 80's

All the chipsets currently offered in both models should'nt effect MM capability for like I said that is controlled by the software. (XP)
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With all due respect, I believe that you are wrong on this point. Terribly wrong.
 
Quote from dinoman:

Welll your post explains the problem. (most likely)

Its not like a name of a plastic box makes a difference, its the understanding of PC basics/operations that leads to uninformed misunderstandings and thinking the manufacturer screwed up somewhere leading to send it back.

I can not understand why anyone would have an issue for its simply basic pc knowledge in my eyes. (but thats just me... no offense)
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I'm sorry, but in this post you sound like a POMPOUS ASS.

Feel free to call up Dell and speak to their engineers, their technical people ( as I did ), or come across others that have had power "on" issues when installing a PCI-Express AND PCI card in certain Dell models. One simple check on the Dell Community Forums and you will see that I am not the ONLY person that has come across this exact same issue.
 
Quote from Landis82:

With all due respect, I believe that you are wrong on this point. Terribly wrong.
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As an issue of logic... if you can find even ONE case where you can't get 2 video cards to work together (with the cards not being defective, of course), it's not solely a "Windows issue". There MUST be cooperation with the mobo and its components for multi-card. And that has been my experience.
 
If it came broken thats one thing, but I was refering to the functionality of it assuming it came fully functional. If Dell sent a bad product or broke something in the process of making it and did not fix it thats another matter.

I have hooked up MM set-ups on 7 Vostro PC's so far never had an issue. 200 and 400 models....

I have done it on the Precisions, Deminsions, XPS's, Optiplex's and servers also and no issues.

I was just trying to help and not be verbally attacked.

P.S. Dell's REPs don't know shit about anything! Never have and probably never will.

Good luck!
 
Quote from dinoman:

Welll your post explains the problem. (most likely)

Its not like a name of a plastic box makes a difference, its the understanding of PC basics/operations that leads to uninformed misunderstandings and thinking the manufacturer screwed up somewhere leading to send it back.

I can not understand why anyone would have an issue for its simply basic pc knowledge in my eyes. (but thats just me... no offense)

Just like the multiple PC's I have owned before (and still own) I just followed the typical PC protical and everything went smooth as can be.

I am sorry to here about your misfortune and wish you better luck in the future.

But, If you think there is something so different between Vostro and Precision as far as MM functionality goes you are greatly mistaken.

Windows Xp is the main driver of MM display options and as long as you have the right capacity/configuration of video cards one should have no problem.

One could have issues if they tried to install 2 video cards like one being an ATi and the other being an Nvidia card. This will fail everytime.

I could be misinformed here, but I have done work for many others (approximately 150 PC's) in the last 3-5 years and never encountered the issue you guys are talking about.

What I will do is try to look into this subject matter more though and see if I can find similar issues that have been raised by others.

If I find any validity to this issue I will report back to help those that may inccur this in the future.

P.S. DON'T EVER BUY ANYTHING FROM eVGA Corp! Been there done that twice, nightmare from hell!

Stick to PNY
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A friend got a pny geforce 5200 pci card to work great in my 4 month old Vostro 400. I use it to drive a third monitor.

Since then I spoke with Dell and they told me to use two dvi splitters one on each dvi port of the 8600gts card I have in order to have 4 montior displays. If I just want three displays to use just one splitter.


I ordered the splitters but I am reluctant to "fix" something that is working.

The only oddity with my pci card is I had to disable the nvidia service otherwise on each reboot I got an xp error report about the service.

John
 
Quote from dinoman:

One could have issues if they tried to install 2 video cards like one being an ATi and the other being an Nvidia card. This will fail everytime.
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I guess I'm the lucky one. I use ATI PCIe x16 card and nVidia PCI card on my desktop to drive 4 20" monitors with absolutely no issues whatsoever.

Oh yeah, the motherboard also has an on-board video as well, but it hasn't caused any conflicts at all.

And it's a crappy Dell Dimension desktop....

However, I do agree that mixing ATI/nVidia together is normally a bad combo. I just happened to make it work on mine....

Getting a MB with 2 PCIe x16 slots is really an overkill for a trading system though for most, normal traders.

Just get a decent desktop with an empty PCIe x16 and PCI slot, and get a cheap video card for each slot from a same chip manufacturer (either nVidia or ATI) and you should be all good to hook up 4 monitors without any problem.
 
Quote from sunggong:

I guess I'm the lucky one. I use ATI PCIe x16 card and nVidia PCI card on my desktop to drive 4 20" monitors with absolutely no issues whatsoever.


And it's a crappy Dell Dimension desktop....
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The problem is that on certain models the mobo/chipset doesn't cooperate well with multi-card.

Which Dell model is yours?

And with a T3400 for $419, perhaps new buyer shouldn't even bother with Vostro...
 
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