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To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (1283)	6/12/1998 7:51:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 14778

Win 98 and Multiple Monitors Part One The following is a message from Roger Crawford with Microsoft WINSDK MVP. I believe it answers a lot of the questions we have asked about using multiple video adapters with Win 98. I am posting this message because it is a good source of reference information and I don't expect many people will read all of it. As it is a long message it is split into 3 parts. Subject: Re: Multimonitor Support From: rogerc@gte.net (Roger Crawford [WINSDK MVP]) Date: 1998/05/15 Newsgroups: microsoft.public.msdn.win98.beta.unmonitored.discussion Multiple Display Support ======================== 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 --------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------- 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 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.

To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (1283)	6/12/1998 8:01:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 14778

Win 98 and Multiple Monitors Part Two Setting Up Multiple-Monitors ---------------------------- 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.

To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (1283)	6/12/1998 8:06:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

Win 98 and Multiple Monitors Part Three Troubleshooting Multiple-Monitor Setup -------------------------------------- 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 the right driver, as listed at the beginning of this document. 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. Roger Crawford Microsoft WINSDK MVP