Computer Hardware : How to Connect 2 Monitors to 1 Computer

[lamine333]

your vga card say to you help me you ar v crazy !!!!

[randomstuf15]

Hey I have a ati radeon hd 6450 chip I cnt see the second one or is there an adapter

[Jmjweightman]

@randomstuf15 Same, but i have ATI radeon 3000 and only have one input D:

[SharinganBoy9899]

2 monitors 1 pc

[azreona]

Hey! Thanks for your help but i stil got one problem! I have connected the 2 monitors to my PC but when i start the secound Monitor it just says something about "No connection - Cant find VGU (I think) out put. Anyone els that got this problem or know how 2 fix it, Please help me if u can :D

[16joker13]

can i connect four monitors i curently have two

[MrsPotat0]

can i connect my mac to a (single) PC monitor?

[alecdepalect]

lol i have 4 :D 4 more fun

[michmarathi]

hey guys please help! I want to do something different, I want two PC's on one CPU, so that the two different users can use the one CPU and work independently HELP!

[inTstoon]

@michmarathi well i think you might need to get a spliter from 2 vga/dvi depents on your computer o 1 vga/dvi ;)

[theevilmeister]

The video card has two INputs? I think you mean outputs... Why are you making videos.

[IFalker]

Why not use hdmi?

[Giar3579Hierarchy]

Thanx a lot :)

[AsianBlogTv]

lolz... on top of eachother

[pipuk3]

i never used DVI until i got a second monitor o.o

[akwlb2]

In your video you have 2 monitors that are different. Are you able to put two monitors that show the same thing? I want 2 screens that show exactly what i do on my computer not two screens, is there a way to do that? plz reply as soon as possible.

[Flommemanden]

@akwlb2 yes it is. You right click at your desktop and then a option will come up. Then press screen reseloution and then there will be a menu where you have diffirent options you can choose of. :D hope it helped, and sry for my bad english is from DK. :D

[akwlb2]

@Flommemanden Thanks, it doesn't works when I try to do it in personalize window but when I use my Nvidia control panel I can set them up just the way I wanted lol thanks though!

[SuperSaiyan877]

Is this possible with a s-video cable?

[MrNewVegasMods]

1 card 2 cards.

[Anglofilian]

I got an HDMI-cable today to watch on streams and movies in VLC at my tv. The only problem is that when i am trying to match the monitors (this on the video happens instead). I can drag one item to the other monitor but i just want the monitors to match, is there anyone who knows what the problem is?

[spukduk5632]

two monitors, one computer............ xPpPPPP

[josipbabok2]

my desk is not big enough for 2 monitors XD

[tharsis1000]

como se llama esa cosas que sirve para conectar las 2 pc

[F1shable]

2 monitors, 1 cpu, the 2 monitors start crapping on each other...

[natester71]

Another question, can my dvi cord be the primary and the avi be the 2ndary? cause i dont want to spend money finding out it wont work

[natester71]

Another question, can my dvi cord be the primary and the avi be the 2ndary?

[natester71]

can you have two graphic cards or do you need to have a video card supporting the 2 monitors? please reply

[charliecoco94]

2 monitors check! dvi multi thing? aaaw :( would be so much handier for editing

[Attewir]

k i got my screens connected, all done setup, it worked to connect on my laptop i had 2 screens, but now... on my OTHER COMPUTER, it doesn't work o.O help?? (it doesn't find the other screen even its on the computer. i'm SURE that the wire is holding good and thats not the problem. helpz?

[ApfelScreen]

what a shit

[MrRfantor]

Hey man, IF I do this with my laptop, do you think maybe I can get some overheating issues with my laptop? I mean, I work all the day and I want to use a second monitor of 19 inches and use the laptop monitor too. best regards

[sliky539]

two years ago that was the shit lol

[FaroeFigther]

can i use one pc sceena and one tv screen ?

[JackHollandBartlett]

@FaroeFigther if your graphics card had an port for the the monitor and for the tv screen then yeah i guess.

[FaroeFigther]

@JackHollandBartlett Could you maybe make a tutorial how to do that ?

[JackHollandBartlett]

@FaroeFigther no sorry

[FaroeFigther]

@JackHollandBartlett Thats ok i have found out how to do it :D

[dhide14]

you mean the first thing I'm gonna need is 2 monitors????? SHIT!!!!

[shapeworkstudios1]

help!! on my 2nd monitor, it says, "video input out of range" whats that!???

[CaptainKenpatchi]

my screen has 2 connections but my computer does not if i connect 1 connection to my computer and the other to the second screen will that work?

[Chickenkeeper24]

but monitors use dvi-d, and graphics cards use dvi-i, which are incompatible. so how did you connect your computer to your monitor with a dvi cable?

[Fmlitsbrad]

can't u get a cable in 1 computer screen to a tv who i used for computer screen before..?

[FaroeFigther]

@Fmlitsbrad Yes you can ! I have 1 laptop screen and 1 tv screen so yes

[DTroySylar]

wats the thing called that connects the other vga cable to the other screen, or rather, wats the thing that the blue vga cable is connected to called

[BBLLAAGGHH]

I've got both monitors plugged in and I can use desktop one, see desktop two, but can't do anything with the second one. Any help pleasE?

[FaroeFigther]

@BBLLAAGGHH Go to properties then screen settings then you press on the number 2, the two numbers you see and press on "Expand desktop to this screen" then if your number 2 monitor is on your right then you just press apply/use BUT if you number 2 monitor is on you left side you drag the number two to the left and then press apply/use. Or just search two screens one computer and its the number 3 called how to have 2 screens one computer!!!!!! :D hop this work for you good luck ! :D

[TheEsotericDesi]

Scientists need to stop inventing new monitors and phones and all other shit and work hard on making battery life longer and build a wire-free world...

[85xriDER]

could i do this with my new laptop it came with windows 7?

[cantpwnme]

you shouldnt be touching the bottom of the video card ;)

[MrChirobb]

TWO MONITORlizards

[24fRaMeSps001]

1...2... Thats two monitors kids, 2!

[NineDiamondFamily]

hahahaha you have a studi wright mixer and stuff

[SHAROZN]

i want dat guys willy if my name is sharon!

[GreedyBeast]

can't you just use a splitter? You don't need PCI-Express. What kind of bullshit is this?

[runsdeep69]

@GreedyBeast you could use a splitter, but you will be seeing the same images/programs on both monitors..I would use a graphic card like PCI-Express to run separate programs on each monitors in my studio..

[crAZyyFRaeK079]

hey this guy could look like mc tavish on codmw2 game....thaats cool

[AmericanGangstaShit]

wtf 1.456 videos =0

[DaREDrobberZ]

I want to use my CRT monitor as my main monitor and I want to have a DVI monitor but set it up on my comp so I can watch a movie on winamp with the DVI monitor and work on homework with my CRT monitor. I'm using a ATI HD HIS 5850 video card on my comp. Is this possible?

[Whitegear94]

does it work if I use 2 VGAs?

[Suckmykiss20]

I have 4 monitors set up haha. They're 47 inch, 45 inch, 40 inch, and 43 inch LCDs. lmfao

[hammer3456]

@Suckmykiss20 thats just stupid

[Suckmykiss20]

@hammer3456 Why? I have like 3 others I use to watch TV. And on these I can multi task without having to switch pages. Quite frankely I think it works out very well. I'm *5* days ahead in work because of it,

[hammer3456]

@Suckmykiss20 are they really 42 inch screens thats wat i mean by crazy lol

[Suckmykiss20]

@hammer3456 Yea they are. I have extra money so I buy some TVs lawlz.

[BrisbaneNerf]

@Suckmykiss20 WOWOWOWOWOWOW how many gig is your graphics card man DAMN over 9000

[Suckmykiss20]

@BrisbaneNerf Well it's called a graphics box. It's made for games and junk so like it doesn't glich at all, plus all of those aren't even 8000 gigs let alone 3000. All 4 hooked up (they're not hooked up anymore I put them back in there spots in the house) is about 1,367 gigs. Haha not as much as your think.. Yea the total space my card has is about 6000 gigs.

[piotrosz00jp]

słabo, słabo...

[1cicc]

"This one here has two inputs"

DVI is output....in case you didn't notice.

[abusayed93]

wich graphic card do u remmoend

[stupidbitcheverlive1]

@abusayed93 5450.. if you gaming experience, take 4670

[CyricRO]

I found some "Cpn mouse" thing, but I read that the clicking isn't individual for each cursor. I'm not sure what this would do to the performance of any games run (shooters, etc)

I'm running windows XP pro, by the way.

[CyricRO]

I really need some help, I've been trying to figure this out for a long time now.

I have my television and monitor both hooked up, and it works fine, but what I would like to do is set up my computer controller (logitech) to control a seperate mouse pointer, that way, I can have a friend come over, and he could be surfing youtube going through songs, while I play a game.

I need 2 tasks in focus.

[useako]

costly??

[warlockmasta]

seriously buy the same monitors if your gonna do this

[Argo413]

@warlockmasta Yea It definitely looks better, but if you're only using them for surfing it doen't really matter.

[sebaUkunt]

@warlockmasta why ?



[7Spronge]

@warlockmasta people usually start out with one monitor , and by the rate models are changing it's not obvious to find the same model . And i don't see the point why u should throw away a good monitor to buy two of the same model just because it looks better . or do you mostly look at how beautiful your monitor is when ur working on a computer ?

[Andreilg3]

@warlockmasta thats a lot of money sir

[bonersawerfic214]

Ok i have another monitor hooked up to my non-HD video card. How do i make this work? does it have to be hooked up to the same video card?

[mrblobbyowns]

@bonersawerfic214 im thinking the same thing

[rockylibra987]

hello'

nice video but lil prob with me, i want to run my 32"lcd tv as second monitor

I HAVE

1gb graphic card, dvi to vga converter,32"sony bravia lcd tv,and Lg 18" crt monitor

help me out

thank u

[Wwwmrlol]

I got a laptop i dont know but i think there a plug on the side of it kan i use a laptop for 2 monitors??

[maztah001]

Just plug in the damn cables!

Is it that hard?

[NoschoolNorules]

How do you connect 2 moniters so that you can play video games and it shows on both screens?

[BoomBrush]

how do you have 2 different pictures on the desktop? i have two monerters now but when i go to change it it changes both of them

help somebody!

[magesc]

do they both need the same port?

[arsy123]

why do people need 2 monitors?

[reactor4music]

@arsy123 just for the fun basically.. but for music producers and visual designers its more of a tool than the fun itself thus in order to run 2 or more softwares at the same time without the need of resizing the windows all the time.Its just easier to work.

[imM1K3yB0ii8408]

@arsy123 to broadcasst / some people need it for that

[asle97]

@arsy123 My dad got 5 Lol

[tallica111]

@asle97 you're cool bro

[redghost105]

@tallica111 how much does the video card cost for 2 moniters to be pluged in?

[Ravenex2]

@redghost105 That depends on the performance you're willing to spend on. ATI has a budget lineup from under $100 with Eyefinity (allows multiple monitors) all the way up to the monster 5970 (which is easily $500 - $700). It all depends on what series the card is from and the power that comes with it. You can get a cheap card with support for multiple monitors, it just won't run games well with all the eye candy attached.

[RandomWad]

How do I connect 3 monitors to 1 computer? Would I have to find a new video card with 3 total inputs?

[mydadcankillurs]

@RandomWad yep

[mijntube12]

So, i look at the back of my comupter and i see 2 monitor connecion things does that mean my video card can like handle 2 monitors?

[eFiii9]

@mijntube12 Yes, why else would they put it there? Well are the two connections the same like are they both dvi or vga or hdmi or or they two different ones like one is dvi and the other is vga and so on? they would have to be the same i think.

[mijntube12]

@eFiii9 Thanks!

I managed to put 2 monitors on 1 computer after watching this video!

Thanks again! =)

[octivia]

Wanna make two slices of toast, instead of one? I'm gonna tell you how you can have both slices of toast without breaking the bank and buying a second toaster. What you'll need is some bread and a dual-slice toaster. I cannot stress this enough - you'll want to ask the sales clerk for a DUAL-SLICE toaster. It's also vitally important that the toaster has a 2 pin power plug (if you're in the US) and is designed to run on electricity.

More of the same next week.

[isthatmine1]

Why would someone want to do this? for example

[tehklutzking]

Uhh No actually some motherboards come with onboard graphics and 2 video outputs.

[produccionesmiranejo]

hey i have the same mixer XD

[reixo]

1. It doesn't have to be a pci-e card.

2. can also work dual vga (don't know if there are dual vga-s, in that case vga and a dvi)

[enyeny7077]

your a champ cheers!

[korea7891]

How to connect 2 monitors at dell. i have real old version of dell.

[slimjimeth]

HELP , i have 2 monitors everything is hooke dup etc but my second monitor says no signal and is just black , it wont respond or anything :( please its annoying me =/

[1964GuitarCovers]

@slimjimeth you probably have to go into your video card setting to enable the 2nd moniter,,

[Zaidalboy]

@slimjimeth

it depends on your Operating System ( XP, Vista, Windows 7) but generally speaking you will need to adjust the settings to make them extend to each other OR to duplicate or clone each other and that's how you do it

[bygmikeee]

what if you have 2 different sized monitors hooked up and you're watching a youtube video full screen?

[WinCamXP]

@bygmikeee Its only fullscreen on one. When I do anything fullscreen, its only fullscreen on the monitor it was placed in. The other remains the same.

[gah964]

maybe he should sell one and buy new jeans haha just kidding thanks for the vid dude.

[guns511]

If I get this graphics card can i have my documents or an internet browser open aswell as a video editing program open or something like that? One on each screen.

NVIDIA GEFORCE 8600 GT 512MB PCI-E GRAPHICS CARD

[cankarales]

@guns511 yes you can. you can hook up 2 DVI monitors or if you have two VGA monitors you can get 2 DVI-VGA adapters. i'm sure you get one in the box.

and yes you can browse files on one monitor and drag them in your video editing software :) or you can have your music player on one monitor and browse the web on the other etc...

i recommend getting 2 same monitors tho. just makes things even easier.

[KingFreakAce]

can you have that setup but with a diffrent keyboreD?

[PDarkSteveO]

nothing wrong with it ignore me

[trizniker]

thanks

[cooldude89012]

what if my moniters have the blue wire in the back?

[Rex2432]

@cooldude89012 Blue is VGA

[jkiwiet]

ok the pci e doesn't matter cuz i run dual moniters on an agp

[812any]

i bote my computer with mine like that it has it :D

[PDarkSteveO]

the way he says monitors lol

[67576856666478964567]

@PDarkSteveO What's wrong with the way he says monitors?

[gam3r3dition]

well i got it to duplicate the same screen but what i want is that when i play games it is on both screens, not the same image on both screens! i want dual screens!

[captmiller9]

@gam3r3dition PC games tend to only show on one monitor even though you have it set to show on both screens. One will always go black.

[dalew101]

what if you have 2 video cards

[MagnusRulerHardt]

Here's the thing:

I dont give a crap about moving forms to the other screen / extending. I want 2 monitors to show the exact same desktop and making it possible to have one mouse and keyboard for each mouse. No Synergy or anything.

[marlon00808]

yes u can 2 tvs but u must know tvs cant rly take that high resolution and playing games on a tv.... bad idea a pc game to high reso and that shit u will lagg etc

[Huwzo]

is there a way of doing this with a laptop and two monitors and can you have two tvs instead of monitors?

[ace872000]

Or like me with 2 kids that dont like the same movies lol

[spideracambarock]

@Uddel2HD well dude if u liek me and u got a kid and only one computer u can watch amovie on one and still be able to play games surf web or we on the other

[KartKing4ever]

haha playing fsx on 100 monitors

[wavemasaca]

______________________HELP____­________

Everytime I play a game on fullscreen, My second monitor goes blank (Black)- I have extended my main one to the second, Was wondering if anyone could help me with the black screnn problem ??, thanks

[xjod9]

It's about 10 000 times better.

[WilliD45]

@Uddel2HD Simply for the fun of it.

[Wookie1234567]

@Uddel2HD CAD Work, Video Editing, gaming and other things.

[morgunt]

ok i need help ok my motherboard has a a plug for the monitor bilud in to the mother board and i donot have any video cards on my motherboard do i need a video card wit two ports or one cuz on the vid his has two help me

[abbeboa]

my computer has 2 analog outputs, but when i put in 2 monitors, the second one says "no video input", and if i restart my computer it says i need some kind of video card :S do i have to buy a video card or what?

[xSTRAIGHTxBRUTALITYx]

what computer do you have?

Because mine doesn't have any expansion slots

[TheWesleyAdams]

@xSTRAIGHTxBRUTALITYx Buy a switch box.

[Shadinjo]

Hey what if my videocard has one DVI and one VGA slot is it ok to use both?

[bigcrowfly]

My cheapo computer that I purchased in the Black Friday sale has two video ports. Used the DVI to run the monitor that I got in the box. Used the 15 pin port to run my old monitor, cool.

[joey19982]

Can you do this with a VGA splitter?

[uglynakedboi]

I dont see why not, but I wouldn't recommend running two monitors off of one graphics port. It wasnt built to put that much stress on it. Most graphics cards support dual monitors even the cheap ones because theyre built to do that. Id go and buy a new card if yours doesnt support dual monitors. But you could give it a try, just dont do too many high demanding graphic things on both monitors.

[TheWesleyAdams]

@joey19982 That would duplicate the image on the second monitor. You would need something like a VGA Switch Box.

[uglynakedboi]

If your video card doesnt support 2 monitors you can use 2 graphics cards. Good video though

[aquadude12]

hello, i need some help. have 2 video cards and i attatched both monitor cables to each one, but i do not know wht to do or how to make the orter screen work. help me please.

[uglynakedboi]

If youre using xp you need to left click on the desktop and selected proporties, from that window go to the settings tab and you should see two monitor options, with 1 and 2 on them. Select the 2nd and there should be a drop down menu right below it. Select the second graphic card for the second monitor. After that restart your computer with everything plugged in. That should work, if it doesn't let me know and ill help you out further.

[AustLavista1]

im having some difficulties with mine.

i can do one long horizontal moniter, or just a clone of each other.

i want the extra montier to have more programs running. i want it not to stretch over to other moniter or clone on it.

can you help please?

[Argo413]

I'm using my tv as the second monitor

[xJCBiden]

@Argo413 As am I. 26 inches of too close to my face.

[BlinBlinEnt]

@Argo413 how did you do it i need to do the same!

[Argo413]

@BlinBlinEnt It was actually quite simple. I connected them using a VGA cable (My tv doesn't support HDMI), then I restarted my computer (acer) and then I just went to the screen options and tried some different options. ;)

[Morontown]

Dude's got a Hackintosh :P

[sharinggannaruto]

mean has one is there another way

[mrleo12]

i got a imac....how i know if my imac supports two monitors??....

[mypassmark1]

your imac can support 2 monitors just not the 30" cinema display

[Anoxia425]

I actually think it is possible through USB, I am not entirely sure though, so don't quote me on that.

[MyGrandmaTheArsonist]

it does...im doing it right now actually, I kno this is a month late but if you're still wanting an answer buy a mini-dvi to vga adapter or whatever other mini-dvi adapter you need.. at best buy for about 9 dollars than a vga cable or whatever cable you need than go too displays in your preferences and wait for your mac too detect it

[AODMASTER]

if it has two ports that you plug a monitor into, it supports two monitors. its really the same principal with any operating system, although the way you do things might be different, you usually tell the operating system the same stuff.

[jbeebrylle]

my video card has 1 DVI and VGA does it mean I can have dual monitor?

[VietMicro]

Yes

[haleanader1171]

I hope you dont work on computers because i hook my computer up on my second computer almost everyday without a video card... just take the monitor security cord and hook it up to the second monitor and take a backup cord and plug it to both monitors and you can use both monitors switching through programs.

[derren0000]

cheers you helped me :)

[bohrajii]

can v use both the monitors at a time ........

[llamaman246810]

lol he looks like todd bertuzi

[LunarAnimeBleach]

thanks ill try it later :)

good guide

[nickomelo]

2 monitors......... no shit

[mrsumerset]

thx heaps now i have two screens!

[6JasonC9]

ben affleck

[JonFifa09]

on my graphics card if i had 1 input dvi and the other vga that would still work wouldnt it?

[JohnF30Music]

finally a good video..

[signupful]

BRO I am not using LCD moniter but i have one moniter. and i went to connect this moniter with my laptop .

[Deospeon]

is that an X58i MOBO?

[Badzoq]

very informative and interesting to me....how we can use two monitors for different task.........? it is possible?

[mumihp]

Yes it is possible, I hooked my laptop to my tv, I watch Youtube videos on my lcd tv, while I surf the net on my laptop.

[fuckdisbitch13]

i have a monitor with a normal input and dvi input what is it for.?