imwithstupid Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Ok so i've been pestering the users of this forum with my questions about multiple monitors and what card to get. Well I finally ordered a Jaton PCI Geforce 5200 2 head card (I already have a agp card). Funny thing is...I'm going to have 3 monitors instead of 2. I went to the used computer store and picked up 2 17inchers without stands for $30 each which was cheaper than getting a 21 or 19 for $80 or $90. So....now that i have all this junk coming soon where do i go for more information on setting it all up. I know i'll be using xinerama and probably tweaking the setup in KDE's configuration utility. Anyone have any ideas of what else i should try/ look at? Also both cards have the same (GeForce 5200) chipset. Does that mean I'll have to install the driver (modprobe) 2 times? (in my head this sounds like such a newb question). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imwithstupid Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 ok...so I went to my local computer store and bought a KVM switch to go with this setup. (I am planning to be able to switch to my old laptop on the middle screen every once in a while.) I got one of these belkin kvm and its cool...but there is the BEEPing. Every freakin time i switch it beeps at me like its a microwave and my popcorn is ready. So, I think that...because it cost only $25 i will void the little sucker's 3 yr warranty and see if I can't disable the beep. I'm guessing its one of those buzzer thingies like they put in cheezy birthday cards and such. Perhaps I'll take a picture and see if anyone has any ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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