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Dual Monitors ?
XPS400 2.8Gig 820 D Dual Core -VIIV
O/S WinXP Media Center Edition 2005
3 G.B. DDR2 RAM PC5300 - 2-1G.B. 2-512M.B.
Samsung Hard Drive 250G.B. 7200RPM
Seagate externial 320G.B. H.D.7200RPM USB
ATI 128M.B.HYPER Mem PCI-E X16 X300SE.DIM
ATI TV Wonder Elite PCI
19" FP
Sigma-Tel Intergrated Audio 7.1 channel
Logitech G15 Keyboard
DVD-/+RW & DVD-ROM
Pertelian X2040 ForeSight Systems LCD information Display
Dell 944 AIO Printer
EASYWATCH LCD System Monitor /Fan Controller
I want to purchase a second LCD monitor for my XPS400 ! B/4 I take the dive and purchase a new LCD ,I have a couple of ?'s Iam hoping the good people at Dell can help me with ? First of all can I mix a widescreen with a regular square screen LCD (my current screen is a square 19" Dell E196FP) the reason Iam wishing to add another monitor is due to having a TV Tuner an ATI TV Wonder Elite PCI ,my graphics card is also an ATI and it does have dual monitor capabilities with two 15 pin connectors. I originially was opting for a 15" as to not clutter up my desk ,however the 15" are just as expensive as the 17" or 19" (not widescreen)
Once I connect both monitors and bootup my PC ,Iam assuming the system will automaticially detect the monitor ,since I will be purchasing a DEll I would expect this to be the case ? Now will my same desktop appear on both screens and then I chose from that point forward what I want displayed on each monitor ? Sorry ,Iam not a noob to PC's however Iam a noob when it comes to dual displays ! Any info or links ,suggestions etc., will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You in Advance ,Nick
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June 17th, 2008 01:00