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VGA cable connecting

Wow pci slots. Haven't seen them for a while. :D

You can probably install a video card into the pcie (black) slot there and get a second monitor going that way.

I also have a spare card floating around I used to use as a physx card, if AUP can't find one hit me up.

Eta PATA cables! Epic.
 
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Looks like your present videocard is built into the motherboard. Adding another without conflict, problematic that is. Mmm. Also: likely run into memory troubles you will, yes. Buy a USB external video card you can, but expensive it is...

*slowly waves hand*

You do not want to use two monitors on this old computer.
 
I've got 2 GB of RAM.

I don't do any gaming.

I just browse forums & the internet, mostly, and watch the odd YouTube.
 
Orphia Nay said:
Thank you nvidiot!

And thanks for being so tactful about my ancient artefact. :)
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I now gather you are attempting to have dual monitors? Any particular reason?

The dark coloured slot inside is PCIE and will take a video card. Brand new, 50 bucks gets you one. If hi-res cool graphics is your goal, you can spend more. A lot more. If you are just experimenting, then I would avail of the offers made for free up thread. I would offer up the same for free, but the cost of shipping would be more than the cost of buying locally.
 
abaddon said:
I now gather you are attempting to have dual monitors? Any particular reason?
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I have dual screens at work, and have found it to be very useful. I mentioned this to Mr Nay, and he surprised me with the new monitor. So, it's just kind of happened.

abaddon said:
The dark coloured slot inside is PCIE and will take a video card. Brand new, 50 bucks gets you one. If hi-res cool graphics is your goal, you can spend more. A lot more. If you are just experimenting, then I would avail of the offers made for free up thread. I would offer up the same for free, but the cost of shipping would be more than the cost of buying locally.
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See my previous post about what I use my puter for.

Good point about the shipping. I can repay a_unique_person for postage within Australia, but I'm not sure if nvidiot is in this country or not, and wouldn't want to pay more than $20 for international shipping.
 
Earthborn said:
Looks like your present videocard is built into the motherboard. Adding another without conflict, problematic that is. Mmm. Also: likely run into memory troubles you will, yes. Buy a USB external video card you can, but expensive it is...
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That shouldn't be a problem. Most videocards have two ouputs nowadays, so you can disable the onboard videocard. (Though one of those outputs then is likely DVI or HDMI, so then you need another cable :))

Earthborn said:
You do not want to use two monitors on this old computer.
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As long as you don't do anything processor-intensive, I see no problem there.
 
ddt said:
That shouldn't be a problem. Most videocards have two ouputs nowadays, so you can disable the onboard videocard. (Though one of those outputs then is likely DVI or HDMI, so then you need another cable :))
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Thanks, ddt.

Actually, the new monitor came with two cables. The other one has 18 pins in two square blocks of 9.
 
Orphia Nay said:
I have dual screens at work, and have found it to be very useful. I mentioned this to Mr Nay, and he surprised me with the new monitor. So, it's just kind of happened.



See my previous post about what I use my puter for.

Good point about the shipping. I can repay a_unique_person for postage within Australia, but I'm not sure if nvidiot is in this country or not, and wouldn't want to pay more than $20 for international shipping.
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Yeah I'm a Perthite, so no probs with an express post bag for it. ;) I'll test it again tonight to ensure it works.

If you're just webbrowsing you shouldn't have much trouble, but there is always the caveat that old and new hardware sometimes don't like each other. Don't suppose you can post up a screenshot of the system spec? (Processor, ram etc)
 
nvidiot said:
Yeah I'm a Perthite, so no probs with an express post bag for it. ;) I'll test it again tonight to ensure it works.

If you're just webbrowsing you shouldn't have much trouble, but there is always the caveat that old and new hardware sometimes don't like each other. Don't suppose you can post up a screenshot of the system spec? (Processor, ram etc)
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Cool!

System specs:
 

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Ahhhh pentium D.

You're making me all nostalgic.

*looks longingly at windows 3.1 box languishing in corner with massive 20mb hdd*
 
Nah it's not quite that bad, but I must admit its been quite a while since I saw a p4d. And the missus PC still has a PATA HDD but its close to being scrapped for a newer drive.

You should be okay with a new graphics card with dual output, your new monitor will likely use the dvi (white socket) and use the old one on the secondary VGA output. Wouldn't worry about using the integrated graphics (where you presently plug in your monitor) once the new one is up and going.

Again ill double check the condition of the gt240 card I have here, you might need to download a driver set for it but it should work pretty easily.
 
I think that motherboard is an PCCHIPS M845G, from the number hiding behind the cables. That puts it at about ten years ago. I suspect it is PCI and AGP, with one of the little slots they used to provide for a modem or something. They don't have the manual on their website any more.
 
Eek, I get askeeered when I see lots of numbers and letters. For a moment there I felt like I'm in the "It Broke" thread.

:) :o

But I think I'll work it out. Mr Nay should be able to help too.

Thanks, peeps.
 
Oh I didn't even think of agp. In which case you may have some trouble finding a suitable card.

Hmmmm...

Time for a new build perhaps? :p
 
On review I think it is a pcie slot, as agp has a distinctively different shape and usually fits well forward on the board compared to a pcie slot.

Short answer I think you could use many modern cards to do what you want.
 
By the way, from looking at the condition of your power supply (top right in the last photo), you would do very well to blow out the dust a bit. (It is said that one should not use vacuums to do so, but I do anyway).

Places to clean: any place you see dust, especially vents on the back and that box on the top right. Also, the CPU heatsink, but that may be hard to get at (it's under the black thing in the middle, and that looks to be screwed down).

Letting the dust build up long enough may let out the magic smoke if it gets really bad. (Technical details: it prevents your system from cooling properly, and thus can result in overheating and/or premature failure.)
 
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