Multiple Display Support

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With multiple-monitors you can use one computer

to control two to nine monitors through a common

desktop. Multiple-monitors increases the size of

your screen, so you can see multiple applications

or windows simultaneously.

Required Hardware for Multiple-Monitors

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Any combination of the following supported PCI-based

cards can be used with multiple-monitors. Only cards

based on the following chipsets work as secondary cards.

NOTE: You also need to use the specified driver.

- The following drivers are supported by Microsoft and

are included on the Windows 98 CD:

Card Driver

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ATI Mach 64 GX (GX, GXD, VT) ATIM64.drv

ATI Graphics Pro Turbo PCI

ATI Graphics Xpression

ATI WinTurbo

ATI Rage I, II, & II+ ATI_M64.drv

ATI All-In-Wonder

ATI 3D Xpression+ PC2TV

ATI 3D Xpression

ATI 3D Xpression+

ATI Rage Pro (AGP & PCI) ATIR3.drv

ATI Xpert@Work, 4 & 8 MB

ATI Xpert@Play, 4 & 8 MB

ATI All-In-Wonder Pro

S3 765 (Trio64V+) S3MM.drv

Only certain updates work. These are 40, 42, 43,

44, 52, 53, & 54.

NOTE: If the card is at one of these updates, then

Windows 98 will recognize the card as a Trio 64V+,

provided the Microsoft driver is used. If the card

is not at one of these updates, then it is recognized

as a Trio 32/64. Some OEM drivers don’t care which

update is present; be sure to note carefully which

Microsoft driver Windows 98 selects when you use

this card.

S3 Trio64V2(DX/GX) S3MM.drv

Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2001

STB PowerGraph 64V+

STB MVP 64

Miro TwinHead 22SD

Hercules Terminator 64/Video

Number Nine 9FX Reality 332

(S3 Virge)

Number Nine 9FX Reality 334

(S3 Virge GX/2)

Number Nine 9FX Reality 772

(S3 Virge VX)

California Graphics V2/DX

Videologic GraphicsStar 410

Cirrus 5436 CIRRUSMM.drv

Cirrus Alpine

Cirrus 5446 CIRRUSMM.drv

STB Nitro 64V

S3 ViRGE S3V.drv

(ViRGE (325)

ViRGE VX (988)

ViRGE DX (385)

ViRGE GX (385))

Diamond Stealth 3D 2000

Diamond Stealth 3D 3000

Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Pro

Number Nine 9FX Reality 332

STB Nitro 3D

STB Powergraph 3D

STB Velocity 3D

STB MVP/64

STB MVP/64 3D

STB WorkStation (2 & 4 output)

Miro Crystal VR4000

ET6000 ET6000.drv

Hercules Dynamite 128/Video

STB Lightspeed 128

S3 Aurora S3MM.drv

Compaq Armada

Trident 9685/9680/9682 TRID_PCI.DRV

/9385/9382/9385

Jaton Video - 57P

- The following driver is located in the

C:\Windows\System32\drivers directory:

InterGraphics Systems (IGS) IGA2K.DRV

CyberPro 2000A, 2MB

- The following drivers are available directly from

the vendor and work in multiple-monitor systems.

These drivers are not supported by Microsoft.

Permedia 2 GLINT.DRV

TI TVP4020, 8 meg PCI

(Reference board)

TI TVP4020 8 meg AGP

(Reference board)

Diamond Fire GL Pro 1000 PCI

Diamond Fire GL Pro 1000 AGP

STB (Symmetric) Glyder MAX-2 PCI

To download this driver used with these cards, visit

the Web site at http://www.3dlabs.com

In addition, newer cards and drivers that were not

available when Windows 98 was developed may also

support multiple-monitors. Consult the vendor

documentation or contact the vendor to determine

whether your card and drivers support multiple-monitors.

Setting Up Multiple-Monitors

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1. Determine which card you want to use as your

primary card. First make sure that the card

works with multiple-monitors.

2. Insert the card into your motherboard, and then

add your second card. The system BIOS will decide

which card is the primary card. One way to verify

which card is your primary card is to check which

card displays the Windows 98 Startup logo when you

turn on the computer. The card that displays the

Startup logo is the primary card, and the card

that appears to be inactive is the secondary card.

If this is not what you want, reverse the order of

the cards in the PCI slots.

3. Repeat this procedure for each additional card.

Unfortunately, with current system BIOSs, there is

no way to determine which adapter will be the second,

third, or fourth card until the card is actually

used.

4. Start Windows 98. Windows automatically detects

the new cards. When you are prompted, restart

your computer.

5. During Startup, Windows initializes the new secondary

adapter and displays a message indicating the card is

correctly initialized.

6. If the primary card displays in 640x480 and 16

colors, right-click the desktop, click Settings,

click the Colors down arrow, and then select the

256 Colors setting or a higher setting. Click OK,

and then restart your computer.

7. After you log on, right-click desktop, click Properties,

and then click Settings. In the Display area, Windows

lists each video adapter in your system. Find the adapter

you want to use, and click on it.

8. Click the Extend my window desktop onto this monitor

check box, and then click Apply.

Troubleshooting Multiple-Monitor Setup

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Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor

option is unavailable:

1. Make sure that the monitor is set to display in

256 colors or higher.

2. Verify that your secondary card is compatible

with multiple-monitors.

3. Make sure you are not using a Windows 3.1

driver for the primary card.

4. Check to see if you are using an ISA, VLB, or

MCA card. Multiple-monitors require PCI or AGP cards

for all display adapters.

5. Check to see whether any third-party display control

panels are installed. Right-click the desktop, and

then click Properties. Look for any tabs that are

related to the video cards in your system. Next,

click Settings, and then click Advanced. You should

see only the General, Adapter, Monitor, Performance,

Color Management, and possibly the ATI Display tabs.

You can usually remove any Display Control Panel

extensions that you find by using the Add/Remove

Programs feature in the Control Panel.

Common Problems:

If your system will not start when you have two video

cards installed or if the second comes up with a "code 12"

in Device Manager, move all the video cards needed to

the slots that are closest to the motherboard when on a

riser card. Some systems only support display adapter

cards in the first one or two slots closest to the

motherboard.

If you experience one of the following problems, disable

your on-board Rage II. This device cannot be used as one

of your multiple-monitor display adapters.

- Your on-board ATI Rage II displays vertical green

bands when you install the secondary card.

- Your system locks up during Startup, and the Automatic

Skip Driver (ASD) reports that My system died while

initializing a video ROM.

- Your IBM Aptiva locks up during Startup after detecting

the secondary, loading the drivers, and rebooting.

- Nothing happens when you click the Extend my Windows

desktop onto this monitor check box.

If a yellow exclamation point appears beside one of your

video cards in Device Manager and if it indicates the region

of memory that the video card uses is in use, try one of

the following:

- On some laptops, you can specify where the region

of memory used by the video card is located in the

system BIOS. Set this to C000-CFFF or to the largest

range possible that begins with C000.

- Remove EMM386.EXE

- Type the following under the [386enh] section of

system.ini:

Emmexclude C000-CFFF

If your system locks up after installing the secondary

card when you add a STB Workstation two-adapter card, then

the video cards in this system are configured incorrectly

by the system BIOS. As a result, it destabilizes the entire

system. Your particular system probably cannot use video

cards that are behind PCI-PCI bridges.

If your card is listed in the supported card section, but

Device Manager indicates that your card does not work with

Multiple Display Support, then make sure that you are using

If Device Manager indicates that My primary video card

cannot be disabled, your card is not supported in this

configuration for multiple-monitor.

If you experience one of the following problems, then your

display driver is not compatible with multi-monitor. Contact

your vendor for an updated driver.

- If your screen goes black during Startup or your system

hangs and the Windows bootlog option indicates that the

problem occurred in GDI.

- A message appears on your screen indicating that a fatal

exception has occurred in GDI.