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I bought myself a Dell optiplex 7010, to hook up my 4 monitors for trading. on Win10 pro.
added ram up to 16 gig.
I have 2 monitors 32 inch, 2560 x 1440 res, and 2 smaller ones with 1680 x 1050.
A 7010 has 2 DP ports, and I was planning to add another video card, for the additional DVI screens.
But it doesn't seem to work, black screens, no screens at all, flickering, just 1 screen (on DP) working, comes on, works for a while, and goes offline, the works.
updates the bios, drivers, put in several other videocards, changed the settings in the bios, tried several other things, but nothing seems to work ?
btw, VGA port works fine, as is 1 DP port, on the proper res.
but when I plug in the second DP plug, the monitor comes online, but stays black.
is it a PSU problem, because of the size (250 w), what can it be ?
Mary G
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Posted January 19th, 2021 11:00
You cannot use the integrated video and a discrete video card at the same time. The integrated video will not work if there is a video card installed even if the card is not in use. You need to add a video card to run dual monitors. Doubtful you can run 4 monitors since only a low powered card can be used. What version of 7010? There are 4 diff models. The smallest model--Ultra Small Form Factor doesn't even have a slot for a video card.
The 9 yr old Optiplex is a basic office model for business.