Twin monitor problem

Quote from CaptainObvious:

Yep! I have that splitter. I have a Radeon X300 series video card. I have checked the box for extended monitor and when I click apply the second monitor goes back to "Not Active". I go through the montions again and again and it always goes back to not active.
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OK, correct me if I'm wrong....

The lower end X300s have a single port and do not support dual monitor. If you have a splitter in this card, scrap it... it's bogus.

If you have a dual port card, there will be 2 places on the card to plug monitors into.
 
Quote from CaptainObvious:

does your mobo have "onboard video"?

I don't know how to check for that.
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Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager/, click on the plus sign of Display Adapters. If you have onboard video, it will be described there.
 
Quote from gnome:

OK, correct me if I'm wrong....

The lower end X300s have a single port and do not support dual monitor.

If you have a dual port card, there will be a place on the card to plug 2 monitors into it.

Scrap the splitter. It's bogus?
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That's kinda' what I was thinking. So you're telling me I need a new video card like a NIVIDIA 6600GT?
Just seems odd I would have the option on my Display Settings and not really have the ability. Anyway, thanks for the help. Off to the store.
 
Quote from CaptainObvious:

That's kinda' what I was thinking. So you're telling me I need a new video card like a NIVIDIA 6600GT?
Just seems odd I would have the option on my Display Settings and not really have the ability. Anyway, thanks for the help. Off to the store.
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LOL... are you out the door already? When I said "scrap it", I meant "scrap the splitter". The card is probably OK.

Maybe we need a bit more discussion before you go buy another? (Then again, maybe not!)
 
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LOL... are you out the door already?

Maybe we need a bit more discussion before you go buy another? (Then again, maybe not!)
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No I'm not out the door already, but at this point my options seem limited
 
Looking at my video card I only have one spot for monitors. There is another spot for some kind of device, but I don't know what that would be. It's female and twice the size of that for a monitor hook up.
 
How do I connect a dual monitor to my HP Notebook since I only have one VGA port on the laptop. I want to know if I have to buy another device to make the new dual monitor to work on my laptop and drag graphs to it. Help is appreciated.
 
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