unable to get dual monitors to work

[efript]

hey guys... im trying to run dual monitors on my machine, but its not working. i currently have an agp vid card and i just installed a generic 8mb pci card. i plugged both monitors in, booted up, and installed the drivers for the new vid card. but im getting a 'code 10' device cannot start message in device manager. anyone know whats up?

 

[Joemonkey]

sounds like something someone in OS, general hardware, or software forums could fix

 

[Colt45]

might be uh. lemme remember

check the IRQ's first

and i forget if you have to turn dual monitors on or not.. its been a long long time.

 

[efript]

yeah i went to the control panel>display>settings and selected my second monitor and checked extend my desktop, but it doesnt work. wtf? how do check irqs?

 

[Colt45]

it should be in the properties of the card. make sure there is no conflicts

 

[efript]

its pci bus 0, device 15, there are lots of other devices in pci bus 0, but none are listed as device 15 except the card.

 

[Gunbuster]

Did you put it in the PCI slot right next to the AGP?

 

[her209]

Is the computer turned on?

 

[bsobel]

Why is this in OT?

 

[MichaelD]

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[efript]

no its not in the pci slot right next to the agp... should it be? this is in OT bc i get the best/quickest responses here.

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: efript
no its not in the pci slot right next to the agp... should it be? this is in OT bc i get the best/quickest responses here.

Your dual monitors can wait, if your power supply was exploding then fine, otherwise keep it to the right forum.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: efript
no its not in the pci slot right next to the agp... should it be? this is in OT bc i get the best/quickest responses here.

You purposely posted in the wrong forum. WTF?

 

[efript]

jesus christ who cares... its not a big deal.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: efript
jesus christ who cares... its not a big deal.

ITS NOT A BIG DEAL??? :|

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
I like pie.

Pie.

Pie, pie, pie, pie, pie, pie, pie!

Pie.


Pie.

ROFL

Pie is goooood!

 

[yhelothar]

It's not IRQ. Are you using an ATI card? Those have a lot of conflicts with PCI cards.
But the solution is to set your computer to start up from the PCI card in the BIOS, and it should work fine then.

 

[beer]

I like pie. OP should be forced to eat poo for posting in the wrong forum/

 

[efript]

yes i am using an ATI card. ok im going to the bios now, thanks!

 

[efript]

ok, got it working, thansk for the help! but now i cant get the second card (pci) to go any higher than 640x480. whats up?

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: efript
ok, got it working, thansk for the help! but now i cant get the second card (pci) to go any higher than 640x480. whats up?

your card may not support it