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Friday, May 21, 2010

Follow these steps to connect one or more additional monitor to a desktop computer

Subject :Follow these steps to connect one or more additional monitor to a desktop computer

1. Turn off your computer and disconnect the power cable.
2. Open your computer case.
3. Find an unused PCI or AGP slot on your motherboard.
4. Remove the filler backplate next to the empty slot. Save the screw.
5. Insert your graphics card into the empty slot. Push it down (toward the motherboard) at the front and back to make sure it's firmly seated.
6. Use the screw that held the filler plate to attach the graphics card's connector panel to the back of the computer. You might have to loosen the screws on adjacent backplates to fit the graphics card's connector plate solidly against the mounting rail.

7.Plug the video cable from your second monitor into the VGA connector on the newly installed graphics controller.

8.Plug in the power cable on the new monitor and turn both monitors on.

9.Plug the power cable back into the computer and turn it on. Windows displays a "Found New Hardware" message and installs a device driver for the new graphics card. If Windows doesn't automatically find the device driver software, use the Browse button to identify the driver on the CD that came with the card or that you downloaded from the manufacturer's Web site.

10. Move your mouse cursor to a blank spot on the desktop and right-click. The Display Properties window opens.

11. Choose the Settings tabTurn on the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor option and click Apply. The second monitor comes to life, with the same background color and picture as the primary monitor

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