problem installing second monitor - help.

[Lex]

When i computer is booted up with AGP card the computer uses that as primary video adaptor and it displays through that card. Although i have a vga cable going into the onboard card and in display settings it doesnt show this. It seems like when the AGP card is attached it only allows for one output through the new card.

Why doesnt the secondary monitor appear through the onboard graphics?

i know that you need to tell the monitor to display through device properties but the secondary monitor (onboard) does not display at all.

In device properties it says "display: plug and play monitor on NVIDA geforce4 mx 440 with AGP8X (dell) It does not show any secondary monitor.

Computer spec:

Dell Dimension 4600
winxp sp2
p4 3ghz
1gb ram
nvidia geforce4 mx440

any suggestions to why its not displaying on second monitor?

Is it something in the bios? i changed primary onboard display to "on" instead of "auto" as i thought auto might be what is kicking the onboard card off but it didnt work.

 

[rpstewart]

Normally when you add an AGP card into a machine with onboard graphics you have to disable the onboard stuff to get the card to work. Assuming that's the case here then you'll only be able to get the one output from the card.

There is of course the option of replacing the AGP card with a newer one with two outputs.

 

[Lex]

Normally when you add an AGP card into a machine with onboard graphics you have to disable the onboard stuff to get the card to work. Assuming that's the case here then you'll only be able to get the one output from the card.

There is of course the option of replacing the AGP card with a newer one with two outputs.

but i havent disabled the onboard graphics so surely it should display two adaptors?

It is a new graphics card i dont want to get another one. I just want to solve this issue. major frustration!