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Trouble With 4 Monitors
I posted awhile back asking advice on where to get the hardware to run 4 monitors. Well, I got the stuff in the mail and got it all set up. Here's what I'm running:
4 Samsung 213Ts (21.3 in flat-panel monitors) Xentera GT 4 (256 MB DDR video card, PCI, 4 DVI outputs) This is the computer I already had, that I'm currently running this on: HP Media Center 1070 - 520 Pentium 4 - 512 RAM While by no means am I computer illiterate, I'm in a bit over my head with this system. Since I installed everything, my computer is running extremely slowly. CPU usage hovers around 15% with no applications running, and jumps to about 40% when I run poker clients, Poker Tracker, PlayerView, Firefox, and iTunes. But when I try and move windows or load new windows, the computer drags tremendously. The video card claims as system requirements: -Windows 2000 or XP compatible (Pentium 4 recommended) -128 MB RAM, 256 recommended. I obviously meet these requirements, so I'm not sure why my computer would be running so slowly. If I simply buy more RAM, is this likely to fix the problem? Should I just go ahead and dump the machine I've got in lieu of something more powerful all around? Is the problem possibly caused by something on my system that I can fix? (I looked at all the processes running under Task Manager, but I don't konw enough to recognize what I can and cannot delete.) I just got the system set up very late last night, and by the time I woke up today the customer support numbers I have were closed. |
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cool site
"I looked at all the processes running under Task Manager, but I don't konw enough to recognize what I can and cannot delete."
This might help: http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...s/tasklist.htm |
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Re: Trouble With 4 Monitors
Are all the proper video drivers installed? Sound drivers? Having either of the two impproperly installed will cause this situation, I recently experienced it myself when I got a new card for my 2001FP.
Make sure you remove the old drivers BEFORE you install the new ones, this is key as well. Hope this helps! Good luck! -Arthur |
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Re: Trouble With 4 Monitors
Pictures please!
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Re: Trouble With 4 Monitors
Arthur,
Check |
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Pictures please! [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, if someone wants to host the image for me, I'll send it. |
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Yeah, if someone wants to host the image for me, I'll send it. [/ QUOTE ] Send it to me (email is in my profile) and i will host for you |
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Re: Trouble With 4 Monitors
I can't offer you too much advice, but...
512mb ram really isn't much, especially if your running XP. I just bought 1 GB of dual channel RAM from newegg for $72, and for what you just paid for your setup, that's a small price for a huge upgrade. |
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Yeah, if you are running all that stuff you definately could use the extra ram.
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Re: Trouble With 4 Monitors
yeah, I think I'll buy another 1.5 GB of RAM, and see if that does the trick.
What is the difference between the different types of RAM out there? |
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