help, adding video card

[Uncle Vinnie]

Hi.. I have an HP a1310n. I want to add an a video card to it, ATI Radeon
7000 (64 meg).

This PC came with XP Media center...

In setting this up, I want to use the digital output to an LCD monitor. I
was thinking of keeping my CRT as a second monitor (extended desktop).

Would it be better to use the monitor output from this card or the monitor
output from the motherboard?

Also, XP seems to favor the extended desktop to the right, can I switch
that, extend to the left (when needed)?

Thank you!

 

[smlunatick]

Hi.. I have an HP a1310n. I want to add an a video card to it, ATI Radeon
7000 (64 meg).

This PC came with XP Media center...

In setting this up, I want to use the digital output to an LCD monitor. I
was thinking of keeping my CRT as a second monitor (extended desktop).

Would it be better to use the monitor output from this card or the monitor
output from the motherboard?

Also, XP seems to favor the extended desktop to the right, can I switch
that, extend to the left (when needed)?

Thank you!

Not familuar with HP PC aut you must note that several motherboards
will automaticaaly "disable" on-board (motherboard) video output as
soon as it detects an add-on video card.

 

[FeMaster]

Hi.. I have an HP a1310n. I want to add an a video card to it, ATI Radeon
7000 (64 meg).

This PC came with XP Media center...

In setting this up, I want to use the digital output to an LCD monitor. I
was thinking of keeping my CRT as a second monitor (extended desktop).

Would it be better to use the monitor output from this card or the monitor
output from the motherboard?

Also, XP seems to favor the extended desktop to the right, can I switch
that, extend to the left (when needed)?

By the sounds of your text (i.e. "digital out"), I'm going to assume that
the video card you are buying (putting in) has a dual monitor output?
Generally, any type of on-board (mother board) video port is disabled
automatically once a regular video card is installed. If this is the case,
you would need a video card with two outputs (which is what it sounds like
you have anyway). Should this be the case, there should be no reason that
you couldn't set up an extended desktop, provided ATI cards support this (I
know nVidia does, but don't know anything about ATI.)

Again, with nVidia, you can have your extended desktop pretty much anywhere
you want, left, right, top, bottom, even offset a bit (upper left, upper
right, etc.,) but I don't know if ATI supports such things...

 

[DL]

ATi supports dual monitors, you have to install drivers supplied with vid
card NOT MS default drivers, or drivers from MSUpadate !!!

 

[You Know Who ~]

early versions of some HP computers do not disable the onboard video
automatically. See if there is a bios update.

--
YKW~

"When the fifteen dwarves had dwindled to eight.....
everyone became very suspicious of Hungry."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Uncle Vinnie]

Just a quick thank you for your help!
All worked fine.. I had to go into the BIOS to set the PCI card as default
video... the latest ATI driver recognized there were 2 monitors attached..
(Analog/digital).. a few tweaks, as suggested, and the main monitor is the
digital, and the analog is the one that is extended to, on the left...!

Thanks again!