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Dual monitor questions, dvi to vga. please help

Feb 22, 2004 6:41AM PST

ok so i havent found anyone to help out, especially the idiots at best buy and radio shack. i want to hook up my 2nd monitor to use in addition to my current one. i thought about a VGA Y-splitter but that displays the same picture on both monitors. i have a VGA and a DVI port on my vid. card

here are photos:

<a href="http://www.nopattern.com/dvi.jpg" target=_blank>
<a href="http://www.nopattern.com/monitor.jpg" target=_blank>

i cant seem to find a DVI to VGA converter that works with these. help??

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Re:Dual monitor questions, dvi to vga. please help
Feb 22, 2004 8:20AM PST
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Re:Re:Dual monitor questions, dvi to vga. please help
Feb 22, 2004 8:44AM PST

i am using Windows XP..and the card is an nVidia G4 MX440

i think i have a DVI-D port? you can see the image

www.nopattern.com/dvi.jpg

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Re:Re:Re:Dual monitor questions, dvi to vga. please help
Feb 22, 2004 9:06AM PST

What is the make and model of this machine? Is this video adapter integrated into the mainboard? Your DVI terminal does not appear to be of standard design.

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Re:Dual monitor questions, dvi to vga. please help
Feb 22, 2004 9:46AM PST

You will need a monitor with a DVI connection and a different monitor with a VGA connector. And a video card with both DVI and VGA connectors on same card. DVI to one monitor and VGA to other monitor. Hook um up.

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Re:Dual monitor questions, dvi to vga. please help
Feb 22, 2004 9:47PM PST

Belkin makes a DVI to vga adapter that works with the Nvidia 5200 FX Video card and allows you to run 2 monitors off the card that has 2 connectors.

Not sure if your video card supports this dual monitor option however.

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Re:Dual monitor questions, dvi to vga. please help
Feb 22, 2004 10:38PM PST

Hello,
There are numerous companys that make a DVI to VGA adapter. I bought one years ago this way. Just put DVI to PCI Adapter in your search engine and you will find many to pick from. I have a GeForce 4 ti4200 with the same config.