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Dell Monitor Question
A friend of mine just bought a Dell 8400 with a dual DVI graphics card. He would like to also add a 3rd monitor (VGA). Toward the top of the box next to an printer hookup is a blue set of pins that looks like a monitor hookup but it is male instead of female. Above it there is this - |o|o|. If this is a monitor hookup can he get an adapter to hook up another monitor (and why is it male anyway?)
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Re: Dell Monitor Question
That's a serial port connector I believe.
It was used 5+ years ago to hook up mice, external modems, etc. It's outdated nowadays, sort of like the parallel connector for printers no one uses anymore. USB kind of replaced everything. |
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Re: Dell Monitor Question
No, you will need a PCI video card added to the computer.
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Re: Dell Monitor Question
To hook up an additional monitor he needs another video card? I know that the DVI cards need their own power supply so I don't want to try and hook that up for him.
Is the 3rd monitor set up in XP as simple as adding the 2nd? |
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Re: Dell Monitor Question
Yes, either to replace his existing video card with a 3 or 4-port DVI video card (godly expensive) or to add a second video card (much cheaper alternative).
From what others have stated, it should be just as easy as adding a second monitor. |
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Re: Dell Monitor Question
The VGA graphics card is just plug in and go though right. If it has to have a seperate power supply, he is on his own. Even my small brain though can add a basic card.
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Re: Dell Monitor Question
As long as his motherboard has a free PCI slot, the video card draws its power from there.
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