DUAL MONITOR HELP!!!

System Information:
HP P6210Y
Win 7
NVIDIA GeForce 9100
Above is my system information. I'm running an HP P6210Y with a GeForce 9100 graphics card. I have two [2] Dell IN2030M monitors. I purchased a VGA Splitter and that worked, but now how I wanted it to work. I then bought a DVI-D to VGA adapter and the DVI plug doesn't seem to work. VGA monitor works. DVI doesn't. It's just a black screen I get. Both monitors work perfectly. Any idea what I can do to get dual monitors going? I'm new to this and I find myself wasting more money trying things my way. Any/All assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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Here are the specs for your HP Pavilion p6210y Desktop Computer. According to the specs, this model has integrated nVidia GeForce 9100 chipset graphics that support one VGA (analog) output and one DVI-D (digital only) output. There is no way to make a passive DVI-to-VGA adapter work. These adapters only work with DVI-A and DVI-I outputs. It would require an active DVI-D to VGA converter to change the digital signal into an analog one.
The technical specs for your Dell IN2030M 20-inch Flat Panel Monitors indicate that they support both DVI-D and VGA inputs. To resolve your issue, you will need to purchase one DVI-D cable and connect as follows;
Computer > DVI-D cable > Monitor #1
Computer > VGA cable > Monitor #2
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Need help with dual monitor setup for KDE 3.5.5.

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NEC MultiSync LCD 1530V: 1024x768 (analog)
Samsung SyncMaster 941BW: 1440x900 (digital)
nVidia Dual head AGP video card.
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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
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EndSection
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
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EndSubSection
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EndSection
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Section "Monitor"
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EndSection
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EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce"
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EndSection
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Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
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Viewport 0 0
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EndSection
Using this xorg.conf file, only my NEC LCD analog monitor could display KDE while the Samsung digital can't.
Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help guys, I'm halfway there.
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Here's a snippet of my xorg.conf that currently works:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "NEC LCD1530V"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Samsung SyncMaster"
HorizSync 31.5 - 60
VertRefresh 60.0 - 70.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
#VideoRam 131072
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
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Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
# Option "MetaModes" "1440x900, 1440x900; 1024x768, 1024x768"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
Monitor "NEC LCD1530V"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
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EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 2"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
Monitor "Samsung SyncMaster"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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HELP! I have a dual monitor setup and can't use any of them for video??

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Dual monitor setup problems... help.

Hi all,
(Arch 0.8 & NVIDIA drivers)
I'm having some troubles setting up a dual monitor set-up on my machine... every time I save the settings after configuring them in the NVIDIA control panel they don't seem to save when I start the OS! I've also messed with the config file, so how do I set it back. At the mo it picks up the CRT monitor only & not the LCD.
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CRT spec:
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read this:
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[SOLVED] Help with dual monitors (second monitor won't wake up)

Hi. I'm trying to set up dual monitors, but I can't seem to get it to work.
I've got an ASUS P8H67-M EVO motherboard, and I'm using the xf86-video-intel driver. I'm using one VGA and one HDMI.
xrandr gives this
xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
VGA1 connected 1680x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 474mm x 296mm
1680x1050 60.0*+ 74.9
1600x1000 60.0
1280x1024 75.0 72.0 60.0
1440x900 75.0 59.9
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3
640x480 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0
720x400 70.1
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI3 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 531mm x 299mm
1920x1080 60.0*+ 50.0 60.0
1920x1080i 50.0 60.1
1680x1050 59.9
1600x900 60.0
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1280x960 60.0
1152x864 75.0
1280x720 50.0 60.0
1152x720 60.0
1440x576i 50.1
1024x768 75.1 60.0
1440x480i 60.1
832x624 74.6
800x600 75.0 60.3
720x576 50.0
720x480 59.9
640x480 75.0 60.0 59.9
720x400 70.1
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
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The real problem is that the display on HDMI3 just isn't "waking up". The power is on, but it just sits there in sleep mode.
Any help would be great. I might just be missing something simple. Thanks.
Edit: I just saw a short list of window managers near the bottom of the Arch Multihead page (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mu … _xorg.conf). I don't see openbox on that list. Does that mean I'm SOL if I want to use openbox with multiple monitors? This page seems to imply that it should work fine with openbox http://magnatecha.com/dual-monitors-wit … nd-xrandr/.
Last edited by Pacopag (2013-08-19 18:58:36)

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<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5891>
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<http://www.mobeetechnology.com/the-power-bar.html>

Would be grateful for help configuring my 7950gx2 for dual monitor

Hi guys,
I have two monitors - one widescreen TFT 20" DVI (max 1680x1050), and one 17" TFT Analog (max 1280x1024).
Currently I'm running just on my widescreen monitor, but would love to have both monitors enabled to facilitate my spare-time web design.
I have an nVidia 7950GX2 - the card is essentially two 7900GT(X)s SLI'd together. So it is a multi-GPU card, rather than me having two separate graphics cards in my system.
I've followed the Arch Wiki info regarding nVidia drivers, and have the drivers operating perfectly right now. But no matter what I do, even if I follow the Gentoo Wiki info on dual monitors, I can't get both monitors to operate; it's either one or neither.
Here's my current xorg.conf :
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
#Load "dri"
Load "glx"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Analog TFT"
VendorName "Blue Mountain"
ModelName "MT17XP"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Widescreen DVI"
VendorName "LG"
ModelName "L204WT"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "Unknown Board"
BusID "PCI:6:0:0"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "MultiGPU" "AFR"
Option "sli" "off"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
#other options I recommend:
Option "HWcursor"
Option "CursorShadow"
Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "32"
Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "3"
Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "3"
#if you want Composite and GLX (they don't cooperate):
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite"
#the TwinView stuff
Option "TwinView" "true"
Option "MetaModes" "DFP: 1680x1050, CRT: NULL"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "DFP RightOf CRT"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP"
Option "HorizSync" "DFP: 30.0 - 83.0; CRT: 31.5 - 80"
Option "VertRefresh" "DFP: 56.0 - 75.0; CRT: 56.0 - 75.0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "Unknown Board"
BusID "PCI:5:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Analog TFT"
EndSection
When I change
Option "MetaModes" "DFP: 1680x1050, CRT: NULL"
to
Option "MetaModes" "DFP: 1680x1050, CRT: 1280x1024"
I still only get my widescreen coming on.
When I change
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP, CRT"
then only my widescreen comes on again. Swapping the arguments means only my small TFT comes on.
I'd be very grateful for help fixing this; I'm happy to follow any instructions you want, so I'll just be patient and wait for orders
- KD

I took the liberty to modify the relevant parts of the original xorg.conf file based on mine (I have a TwinView setup, but with identical monitors). Since bwalk has a similar setup to yours, you should try that first. If you still have problems for some reason, you can try the sections below.
I assume that the HorizSync and VertRefresh values are correct for your system, so I just used the original values as well (if you didn't set them, you might want to double check just to be sure). I commented out certain lines that seemed to be set by the program that created the config file, so if you need them, uncomment them...I just wanted to clean it up a bit. Again, understood that the CRT is on the left and the DFP is on the right, so that's how the MetaModes are declared. If it's the other way around, you will have to swap the value sets. I also assume that the DFP is your main monitor, so I set the CRT to NULL for any situation that requires it.
I'm not certain about the Screen section. Since so much info is declared above it, you might be able to eliminate the SubSection part, but I'm not sure. I hope you get it working.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Server0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "Unknown Board"
BusID "PCI:6:0:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "MultiGPU" "AFR"
Option "sli" "off"
Option "TwinView" "true"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1680x1050; NULL,1680x1050"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-0, DFP-0"
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "false"
Option "HorizSync" "CRT-0: 31.5-80; DFP-0: 30-83"
Option "VertRefresh" "CRT-0: 56-75; DFP-0: 56-75"
# Option "HWcursor"
# Option "CursorShadow"
# Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "32"
# Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "3"
# Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "3"
# Option "AllowGLXWithComposite"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "Unknown Board"
BusID "PCI:5:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "CRT-0"
VendorName "Blue Mountain"
ModelName "MT17XP"
HorizSync 31.50 - 80.00
VertRefresh 56.00 - 75.00
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DFP-0"
VendorName "LG Electronics"
ModelName "L204WT"
HorizSync 30.00 - 83.00
VertRefresh 56.00 - 75.00
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "CRT-0"
DefaultDepth "24"
SubSection
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1680x1050"
Viewport 0 0
EndSubSection
EndSection

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PSU: Seasonic 500W SS-500ES 80 Plus Bronze.
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If you could find a real ADC to DVI-I adapter, it would work, but the Dr. Botts ADC to DVI adapter
<http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Dr%2E%20Bott/ADCDVII/>
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From their web-page:
"DVI Extractor II makes an ADC-compatible display out of virtually any third-party flat panel display"
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Dual Monitors without Xorg.conf Help

I have an Acer Aspire One and Im trying to setup Dual Displays. Every guide Ive found, including the Acer One Article in the Wiki talks about editing the Xorg.conf file, yet my system seems to be running without one. Other than problems setting up the dual displays I dont have any issues with Display Settings so it seems my installation of arch linux seems to be using some other technology other than Xorg. Does any one know how the Display settings are setup without the use of the Xorg.conf file ? This is a fresh Arch Linux Base Install using only OpenBox.
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I try and run the following command ( wich works fine on my other PC )
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X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
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Minor opcode of failed request: 7 (RRSetScreenSize)
Serial number of failed request: 24
Current serial number in output stream: 25
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WooHoo !
awkwood - You Rock ! I feel like an idiot for not paying closer attention to your first post. I finally realized what you were saying and figured out how to do the downgrade.
If it's 2.12.0 I'd suggest trying 2.11.0 instead.
The most recent update borked my dual display with a similar error message but 2.11 works fine.
I don't use an xorg.conf.
So essentially this seems to be a bug with version 2.12 of the xf86-video-intel driver. I downgraded to ver 2.11 and everything works perfectly. I am running dual monitors at full resolution with no fuss. So again awkwood I thank you !
For other Arch Newbies who have this issue in the mean time until they fix the bug, this is how I did the downgrade.
Step 1:
download the 2.11 package from the link below
http://arm.konnichi.com/extra/os/i686/x … pkg.tar.xz
Step 2:
Open a terminal and cd to the directory where you saved the file
$ cd /home/$USERNAME/Downloads
Step 3:
Use pacman to install the package
sudo pacman -U xf86-video-intel-2.11.0-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz
Finally reboot. When you log back in everything should work fine
Again thanks to awkwood as well as karol, blind, Inxsible and everyone else for their help. Everyone here is so helpful, I am defiantly an Arch user for life. Hopefully they will fix the bug in the next version of the driver. My next step is to see about filling a bug report.

Help with dual monitors

I installed Arch on an old Asus MB, and have spent a couple days trying to get dual monitors working. The board is a P4S8X-X with no onboard video, an AGP slot, and six PCI slots.
First, I tried using an AGP card together with a PCI card with no luck. I tried using two ATI pci video cards, again no good.
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I'm wondering if dual monitors are possible with this board. I have another Asus board with an AGP and three PCI slots apparently not shared.
Couple years ago, I installed dual monitors on my FreeBsd computer, using two cards on an MSI board, with no trouble. What I'm looking for is two independent monitors, each able to run an application. I use the JWM window manager. I haven't posted an xorg.conf file as there have been too many to display.
Any help is appreciated.

Problem solved. I switched motherboards and dual monitors are running.

Help needed to connect dual monitors.

Hi everyone. Here's my problem, I bought two Samsung SyncMaster 913v LCD TFT Displays.
Both of these displays (since they aren't the digital LCD) connect the same way my old Sony Trinitron MultiscanG400 display connected, which I believe is the VGA connection or SVGA or whatever... I'm not smart enough to look into the difference.
Anyway, I have the right Graphics/Video card to run dual monitors. I'm using the GeForce 2 TwinView and it has the required 64mb VRam.
My problem is that there is only one port on the back for monitors. I believe the connection type next to it is an old pre-usb printer/scanner type of connector, LPT1 or whatever those are called.
So do I need an adapter/connector to hook up both of my monitors to use it as a dual display? If not, what do I need to do?
Thanks.

Hi,
To clarify the last post by PB PM. Your present card meets those requirements.
The GF2 Twinview card is sufficient. It has two outlets, one is VGA the other is ADC (Apple Display Connector). You will need a ADC to VGA Adapter, they cost @ $25-30. Hook one monitor to the existing VGA outlet, the other to the adapter on the ADC outlet.
One example is here: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/AddLogix/MCAADCVGA/
You can google for other prices.
After the monitors are connected you may need to go to Displays Pref's and set it for dual monitors in Mirror or Span modes.
Regards,
Dave

Dual monitor setup and intel help

Hello
I am trying to set up and dual monitor setup here, with a monitor and a tv, the monitors resolution is 1680x1050, the tv's resolution is 1360x720, which results in that the desktop will have an resolution on 3040x1050.
When I try to do this with GNOME's xrandr gui, I get this:
required virtual size does not fit available size: requested=(3040, 1050), minimum=(320, 200), maximum=(1920, 1920)
When looking in the motherboards manual, it states that each out of my graphics card can do a resolution of 1980x1080. Is the intel driver missunderstanding something? Since both the dvi and hdmi output only delivers 1360x720 and 1680x1050, 3040x1050 is only an virtual resolution.
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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "record"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "dri2"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "no"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:1"
Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
Option "LeftOf" "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection
Uhm do I only need one Screen section?

Please help with these dual monitor problem

Ok,
Well i am a final cut pro editor and i have a power mac g5 with 1.6 ghz.Its an older one but it runs great for what i need done. Anyway i wanted to go dual monitors so i went out bought a monitor and set it in place. However my graphics card only had 1 DVI PORT (Which had my main monitor on) and the other one was a ADC port. I bought a ADC to DVI-D and then realized it was the wrong one. Those Adaptors are very hard to fine, so i made up my mind a decided to forget that and get another graphics card. However i am not very good with that stuff and i really dont know which one to buy. Some others gave me a list but they were not the same as mine (slots didnt match)
*Here is my card that i have now*
http://www.layton-family.net/stuff/stuff_files/image008.jpg
Can someone point me in the right direction about going to best buy and picking up a new one that will hold dual monitors and still run motion at a good level.
Thannks

If you could find a real ADC to DVI-I adapter, it would work, but the Dr. Botts ADC to DVI adapter
<http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Dr%2E%20Bott/ADCDVII/>
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From their web-page:
"DVI Extractor II makes an ADC-compatible display out of virtually any third-party flat panel display"
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so you leave one uncalibrated if youd like, as you create a profile for each ...
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Hey, i'm having issue with setting up the dual monitor connection.
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