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June 25th, 2012 13:00

Three monitors on OptiPlex 9010

I bought an OptiPlex 9010 on the basis of http://www.dell.com/uk/business/p/optiplex-9010/pd which says "Configure your workspace the way you want it with support for up to three native monitors via DP/DP/VGA ports."

I have connected three monitors to it, but I can only enable two at a time. It can be both of the ones connected by DisplayPort, or one of the ones connected by DisplayPort and the one connected by VGA. How do I enable all three?

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    Posted July 11th, 2012 04:00

    I have it working now, using two active DisplayPort to DVI adapters.

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    Posted June 25th, 2012 17:00

    Yes, it's definitely an OptiPlex 9010 small form factor. See the link in my original post.

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    Posted June 25th, 2012 17:00

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    Posted June 25th, 2012 18:00

    My bad!  I missed seeing the listing for Optiplex 9010. I can't believe Dell gave the same 9010 model number to a desktop series and to an AIO! That's just dumb. :emotion-4:

    Do you have an add-in video card or are you trying to use onboard graphics for all 3 video outputs? At this moment, it's just a guess, but you might need an add-in PCI-e video card to run 3 monitors, one on the on-board graphics and 2 from the add-in video card.

     

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    Posted June 25th, 2012 18:00

    While I await your response about on-board vs add-in video, I pinged my tech contacts at Dell to see what they have to say.

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    Posted June 26th, 2012 01:00

    Just onboard graphics. www.dell.com/.../optiplex_9010_technical_guidebook.pdf says "3rd generation CPUs natively support 3 displays with the integrated CPU graphics."

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    Posted June 26th, 2012 13:00

    One more thing...

    Run BIOS Setup and see if the Intel Multi-Display setting is enabled or disabled. You might try changing its current setting to the other option and then trying all 3 monitors again. Be sure to save the change in BIOS before exiting setup.

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    Posted June 26th, 2012 13:00

    Do you know for certain you have a "3rd generation CPU", and your monitors meet the requirements listed in footnote 2 on page 29 of that pdf?

    What version of Windows are you using?

    If the system meets the requirements and is under warranty, you might want to contact tech support.

     

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    Posted June 26th, 2012 14:00

    It's an Intel® Core™ i7-3770. I don't see any requirements for the monitors on page 29. They are 2x 1280*1024 and 1x 1920*1200. I'm using Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit. I checked the BIOS but there is no setting called "Multi Display" or anything similar. I have contacted technical support and they have escalated it to their engineers.

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    Posted July 5th, 2012 09:00

    Dell have said that this machine does support triple monitor output, but only if the DisplayPort connections are direct, not via DisplayPort to DVI adapters.