dad

similar on the other one

stop step back have a tea start at the begining

good luck

I look online and sounds like is a problem that will take a while to fix via Acer, so I find out the name of the part I need, and head to the local catastrophe of a computer shop, where I had seen online they had something similar for sale as well, a refurbished for $80. I figured I would work with acer to repair, but meanwhile would have a replacement.

Upon reaching the store, I find out they don’t carry monitor parts, so I take the refurbished, and a 22inch I just had to have as well lol. I also got a new vid card that was on sale, an Asus 5450, for the main comp, as well as a card to set the old, crappy comp onto the network wirelessly.

Only switched in new bigger monitor, then spent time with family. Today, I decided to install everything during some downtime between jobs. I move the old computer, with its crappy working monitor, to the bedroom. Once everything is set up, plugged in and rdy to rock, I hit the power button. The monitor no longer registers the computer. It just says no connection, though I can see power is going fine… It was working 10 mins before whenI unplugged it all to move…

Fiddle with old comp a bit but nothing doing. Rather than throw it out the window like I feel. I decide to workon main comp. Insert new vid card np, on only 1 monitor to start. Update vid card and all good. Pull out the refurbished new monitor I got yesterday, insert all the plugs and connect etc…. And… would you believe it…. nothing, not a glimmer of power or anything..

So in all, I own 4 Acer monitors. Of those 4, 3 do not work…. I am now down a computer, so rather than 2 comps with 1 monitor each, I have 2 comps, the old 1 with no working monitor, and a new comp with a great new monitor, and a dead monitor sitting right beside it….

The only reason I still use it today is more for a backup in that I can game on the decent computer and still be able to look up info online if/when needed, as well as play music. I have had some bad luck with itunes in the past. I got a virus on the decent computer a while back, and the local store took 4 months to fix it hehe. On top of that, now all my Itunes library, some 40 gig of Music, is all on the Dell, and I am not sure how to move it over to the better computer.

I have been really behind the times on tech, and am slowly trying to get caught up a bit hehe. Up until 2 weeks ago I had the 2 comps side by side, with main keyboard just in front of me on desk, and the 2ndary in front of that, where I had to stretch my hands over the first. 2 weeks ago I finally ordered a stand that raised the 2ndary keyboard, making it easier to reach. Then, 3 days ago I found out about “mouse without borders” that lets you use 1 keyboard and 1 mouse for multiple machines, so the $40 I spent on the keyboard stand is now useless except as a paperweight. I’ll find some use for it I am sure though.

As for gaming, I pretty much only play Everquest, and have off and on for 10 years. It is an older game, so while it does not demand as much as newer games, it can be a bit clunky when it comes to coding, since nobody ever figured it would be around for this long. I multibox mostly, though I do enjoy raiding on 1 toon etc with guildies, or filling out a guildie/friend group with whatever toon is needed at the time.

Here are some current thoughts, and i would appreciate more advice if you would be so kind.

1) move Dell to bedroom and save it for printing, music whatever. Its monitor is an older 19inch that has max resolution of 1440 x 900, so a newer monitor would go better with my gaming anyways and would nt be too much more expensive.

My current video card does have 2 connection bits in the back of it, so a 2nd monitor is possible on it, though I will take a look at newer video cards, including the one you mentioned. I looked up a US site for that card and it said “currently not available” but that was just a first attempt, in order to see what a ballpark price.

The reason I had mentioned new motherboard was in case you reccomended I make a move to 2 video cards. As I understand it, if you go with 2 video cards, in order to run 3 monitors etc, you need to use the same brand as the internal one built on the MB. In my setup, I have a different brand external video card from the one on my MB.

Basically, I apologize for my ramblling but I only recently sat down and started really researching options, and my techworld has been expanded manifold in the last week or so between hardware options and software options. I am now trying to digest it all hehe. I just started using the “mouse without borders’ software, and am learning its idiosyncracies as well.

My desk is maybe a bit too small for 3 monitors, though I might be able to rig something up. I was not sure my decent computer could handle running 3 accts at the same time, but I think it actually could. Therefore, the need for the 2nd computer to be on same desk is no more, and I can move it off to a different spot, leaving more room on the desk. It would be very hard to go down to just 1 monitor after getting used to even 2. Even now I am wishing I had kept the old CRT monitor I finally tossed out 5 months ago that had been sitting in a closet. If I had that, I would have done the move already today in my spare time.

anyways, enough of my rambling. thanks again!!

if your current card does not have two outputs then buy a new one. any decent card will do. i have just this evening set up two 19″ screens on a freinds p.c using a very very old ati x300 128mbcard., so anything decent will fly easily

just ‘cos your m/b has an nvidia chipset does not mean you have to buy an nvidia card, unless your card has onboard graphics and you want to use that. that path can (sometimes) become complex

i don’t know the games you play, but i could run most games good enough for me (but not my son, see previous) on an ati 4650 and they are cheap as chips these days.

if you are prepared to spend a few dollers, as i see you are then go the whole hog and get an “eyefinity 6″ card (about £250) (must be a “6″)
and this will fit nicely with the rest of your system and will run 6, yes 6 screen piss easy. just done that for my son and I was blown away (Ati 6950 eyefiity 6, 2 gb ram)
this is what my son has http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/ATI/ATI+6900+Series/Asus+ATI+Radeon+HD+6950+DirectCU+II+2048MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+w%2F+FREE+Deus+Ex+Game%21+?productId=43807
just go for it
just out of interest youtube eyefintiy 6
best of luck “dad”

current setup: HP Pavilion 6310f PC
(info thx to reccomended site above, cpuz:)
AMD Athlon II x4 630
socket AM3 (938)

MB: Pegatron Corp. Violet6,
chipset :Nvidia NForce 7200

Bios: American Megatrends Inc.
Graphic Interface PCI-Express x 16

Memory: 8 gig RAM DDR3 533 mhz

Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 3600 HD 512mb 128 bits.

Forgot to mention I run Windows 7 64 bit.

So If I understand what has been posted earlier, I need to buy a new video card that is an NVidia card, or instead buy a new MB?

with my current setup, is it worthwhile to try upgrading this addmitedly older unit or should I just try and go out and start all over? I would rather not spend $700 or so on a new computer, so if I can spend just a little and let this current rig survive a bit longer that would be sweet.

thanks in advance