two monitors

[Michael]

hi on my computer I have two display adapters one is a pci sis 6326 another
is a trio3d on board my main monitor is on my sis6326 and my other monitor
is on the trio 3d I am tiring to run these monitors with windows. I restart
my computer to see if my monitors will start my main monitor stays on but my
second one dose nothing I checked device manager and it says that my trio 3d
video adapter cannot start. (Code 10) it said this same thing when I was in
windows 98 but when I connected my second monitor windows found it and the
device was working fine how can I get these monitors to work?

 

[Malke]

hi on my computer I have two display adapters one is a pci sis 6326
another is a trio3d on board my main monitor is on my sis6326 and my
other monitor is on the trio 3d I am tiring to run these monitors with
windows. I restart my computer to see if my monitors will start my
main monitor stays on but my second one dose nothing I checked device
manager and it says that my trio 3d video adapter cannot start. (Code
10) it said this same thing when I was in windows 98 but when I
connected my second monitor windows found it and the device was
working fine how can I get these monitors to work?

Here's a link to an article on TechTV's site about how to set up dual
monitors. The article is from 2003, but still looks very useful and
will give you a good place to start:

http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/howto/story/0,24330,2338786,00.html

Malke

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Michael,

As a rule of thumb, to run dual monitors you need two separate video cards
or a one with dual heads. Generally, an onboard video will not run with an
add-on card (or vice-versa). You can use one AGP and one PCI card, or dual
PCI cards, it's the onboard video adapter that is the problem.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Mark]

Try moving the PCI card to another slot. It may be
attempting to share resources that are causing a conflict
with your primary card or system. Sometimes there are
driver conflicts which occur.

According to Microsoft: "This device is either not
present, not working properly, or does not have all the
drivers installed. (Code 10)

Try upgrading the device drivers for this device."

The card was probably not working to its ability in
Win98. It was allowing the basic video to function with
16 colors at a very low resolution. Try to install the
latest WinXP drivers for that card after moving it to
another slot. Do not move more than one thing at a time
or you will have to re-activate. I believe you can move
up to four but I am not sure.