Re: adding a second Video card

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As Noozer said, very few motherboards will allow the onboard video to work
with an add-in video. I could find no information on Dell's web site to
indicate that this is one of those boards.

If you need to run two or more video outputs you may be able to add a card
into the AGP slot and also a PCI video card for the second output. Check
for compatibility before purchasing the second card as not all cards are
compatible.

There are also dual, triple and quad (and more) head video cards available
on the market. Google search will provide information on those available.

"Tom" <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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PC: Dell optiplex gx260 - winXP pro
1. onboard - Intel 862/g/gx/...
2. AGP - ATI rage 128 ultra

After installing everything from a scratch the AGP video card was
installed
only. The onboard card is not even listed under device manager. If I take
the
AGP card off its slot, the onboard card would be installed and works.
If I put back in the AGP, the onboard card dissappears & its monitor wont
work.

I checked under the BIOS anything related to video cards and came up with
the following:

Integrated Devices (legacyselect options)
- primary video controller..........auto
- video DAC snoop ..........off
- onboard video buffer ..........8mb

I don't know what to do, how I can enable the both video cards?


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