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To: .c pardue who wrote (6585)	2/27/1999 2:58:00 PM
From: RJL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Right off the bat I can think of a few things... First of all, I'm no expert on extra monitor setup within 98. I've done it before a couple of times, but only with 2 video cards, not 3. It's supposed to be able to handle up to 8, but how many desktop systems do you know of have that many slots free anyway? Someone had previously posted something about not being allowed to use two PCI video cards at the same time, if so, I disagree, because that's how one of the office systems is right now (2mg trident, 2mg matrox) Since it is an ATX layout, when you added the new video card, you might have mixed up the mouse and keyboard connections. They're both PS/2 and next to each other, so it's easy to put the wrong one in. I've seen systems that either don't work, or boot up irregularily if that's the case. Not sure, but I know on Xpert 98 cards, there a jumper for IRQ use. I wonder if having that selected on one/all cards is having an effect. That's all I can think of for now. Richard

To: .c pardue who wrote (6585)	2/27/1999 3:10:00 PM
From: jw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

c.p,let me think out loud until expert help arrives. win98 manual says you must use all PCI video cards to get your 9 monitors. Others have worked around this however. If you have other PCI cards, either single or multi try and pull the AGP card, go into Setup, (ROM,PCI/ISA BIOS) arrow down to, Init Display First, Page up/page down and change this from AGP to PCI. I went thru' same experience trying to add 3rd. monitor with AGP first. Didn't work for me. Got BSD. gave up, re-installed win98, living happily everafter. It can be done however. Read back couple hundred post am sure you will find it. You do have your win98 boot disk? Regards, /jw

To: .c pardue who wrote (6585)	2/27/1999 6:27:00 PM
From: Timmy TG	Respond to of 14778

I cannot be of any assistance with setting up multiple monitors but I hope to be able to assist in getting your system back operating. The suggestion from someone else to double check the mouse & keyboard sockets is a good one. The connectors are identical but are not interoperable. If you can get your keyboard functioning, boot to a command prompt either from the hard drive or from a boot diskette. At the command prompt type: scanreg -restore This will bring up the last 4-5 registries. Select 1 or 2 back to get your machine back up. Any software or change made after the date of the chosen registry will need to be redone/installed. I realize this does not solve your entire problem but I hope it is of some assistance in getting your machine back. It has saved me on several occasions.