Drive 2 Displays With Older G5?

Hi,
I am running a G5 dual 1.8 Powermac with 2.5 Gigs of RAM. The graphics card is the standard geforce fx 5200 64mb which shipped with the unit.
My regular display is an NEC multisync 17" monitor on the dvi output from the graphics card to the display vga port. I recently purchased a Sharp LCDTV which also allows me to connect the g5 but only from the same port on the graphics card.
I am looking for a sollution to enable me to use both simultaneously.
The second output from the g5 graphics card is an older ADC output for use with the old Apple plastic framed upright displays. I purchased an ADC to DVI converter and tried various configurations but still only the display connected to the dvi port on the graphics card worked.
At the moment I have the dvi from port one on the g5 goin to the sharp tv's vga. I then have the port 2 on the g5 goin to the NEC monitor vga via an adc-dvi converter. The image only shows on the Sharp even though sys pref displays sees both of the screens the NEC says 'no input.'
When I connect to the g5 using ARD on my home network from my pbook I see 2 displays active so I have a huge desktop and can move the mouse around it and use it but only from the 'virtual' ARD environment.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry for the long post.................

You can't run two VGA displays if you use the ADC to DVI adapter because it doesn't pass the analog signals needed for VGA. So if you attach a DVI to VGA adapter to the ADC to DVI adapter, the digital control signals will get to the VGA connector, so the computer will recognize the display, but you will get no picture. You need the ADC to VGA adapter:
<http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/2.RSLID?mco= BA0E90AF&nplm=T5566LL%2FA>, or directly from the manufacturer: <http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?code=0117-ADCV>

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