dual monitor issues....

[burn]

ok im running windows xp on a crap emachines... with a crap sg prosavage drr onboard video card.... just out of general curiosity i wanted to try to setup dual monitors... so i found an old ati rage2c 8meg agp card

i installed the ati and booted the computer

the computer boots and uses the rage as the default card so i went into the device manager to switch the sg to the default card and noticed that the sg isnt listed in the device manager
i tried to reinstall the drivers for the sg and they error... with no code or message

i rebooted and went into the bios and could not find a setting of any kind for the onboard card.... im at a loss...

and very tired...


thanks for any help you guys may be able to give

 

[brianF]

I am not a 100% positivie but I believe the rage is one of the few cards that won't run dual monitors in windows, could be wrong

Here is a list of supported cards for dual monitors in xp
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296538&Product=winxp

 

[K7M]

you might not be able to run any card w/onboard vid. Every motherboard I've ever dealt with will detect the add in card and shut off onboard vid by default.