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March 14th, 2013 11:00
Alienware X51 Dual Monitor Setup
Just bought an X51 with Nvidia 640 card. On the back of the nvidia card, there're 3 connectors, DVI, HDMI and display port (not sure).
I have 2 monitors and here's my setup
nvidia HDMI -- HDMI 2 DVI cable -- DVI on display 1
nvidia DVI -- DVI 2 VGA cable -- VGA on display 2 (8 year old VGA analog monitor)
If only 1 is connected, boots fine, if only 2 is connected, boots fine. But when both are connected, only the DVI one will work on display 2, and in windows 8 Nvidia software does not see display 1 nor can it detect another display at all.
Question:
- How to set up my 2 monitors to both use the power from nvidia card, not the on board HD4000
- In a dual monitor setup, do I have to use 1 output from discrete card and 1 from on board HD4000?
- What I'm experiencing, is it because both connected on nvidia and display 1 needs digital signal while 2 needs analog signal, so nvidia can only work under one signal mode, either digital or analog but not output both at the same time?
Thanks very much.
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dingslu
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March 14th, 2013 13:00
in BIOS, graphics is set is discrete, not IGFX.