Uses for spare monitor?
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My new monitor will be arriving tomorrow, so i am wondering what can i do to my current one. I was think if it is possible to use it to watch tv on the same machine? What do you usually do to your old monitor when a new one comes along?
Weiye Chen A self proclaimed hermit living in a cave, with his PC connected to the world.
Weiye Chen wrote:
What do you usually do to your old monitor when a new one comes along?
I have donated all my old equipment, preferably to family or friends (preferably to friends if there is a choice there). If no one wants it, which is rare, but has happened, then it gets donated to charity at some date later when I am sure no one else can use it. In one case I packed up and entire box of spare parts, lacking only a floppy drive to make a complete working computer and shipped it, at my expense, to a college student back east to make a computer for another student. If he did so or not, I cannot verify, but I got rid of it, and I hope it went to good use. Who knows, maybe she (the other student) fell in love with him and I was a match-maker. ;) (of course the other side of that coin is he could then be miserable and blame me -- oh well, no one predicts the future).
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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You ought to see the field nearby, where they're running it on a massively parallel machine. Of course, they've only got the kernel running thus far. :rim-shot: Sorry for the corny humor, but I'm in Ohio. :rim-shot2:
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delete this;Gary Wheeler wrote:
Sorry for the corny humor, but I'm in Ohio.
I enjoy a good corny pun. :) But then I come from the desert, what else are we going to do but party and laugh at things?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Depends on which computer you're talking about? My old one which is now relegated as a printer server had an extra video card in addition to the on-board video (it's now running with one monitor through a KVM since it's just switched on and then switched off mostly). My new one has a nVidia 8800GTS 320MB graphics card which supports two DVI monitors, so one drives a 17" CRT running at 1280x1024 and the other drives a 22" TFT running at 1680x1050. Although I have the CRT turned off at the moment because the PC jitters a little when I play San Andreas at 1680x1050 with graphics turned up to high and all effects on. If I disable the second monitor while playing it runs flawlessly.
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The question was : Running 5 monitors, how does this work ?
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Ah, I see... Well if you have enough slots you can have three 8800GTS thereby giving you 6 monitors. Otherwise you can use the program from I think it's StarDock to use them over the network, but then you have more computers. Alternatively you can use one for supporting the others :rolleyes:, stack em all on top of each other and you don't need a desk.
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
Sorry for the corny humor, but I'm in Ohio.
I enjoy a good corny pun. :) But then I come from the desert, what else are we going to do but party and laugh at things?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Ed.Poore wrote:
Shoot things? But I suppose you get bored of that in your day job.
it just doesn't have the "bang" it used to have now. ;P Though I do get more enjoyment out of emulating a big-bang. :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Ed.Poore wrote:
Shoot things? But I suppose you get bored of that in your day job.
it just doesn't have the "bang" it used to have now. ;P Though I do get more enjoyment out of emulating a big-bang. :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Hey, are you related to John Surtees, the Grand Prix racecar driver from the 50's/60's?
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Hey, are you related to John Surtees, the Grand Prix racecar driver from the 50's/60's?
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001No, but I'm sure we share some DNA as the name is somewhat unique -- apparently we came to be on the bank of the river Tees in Northern England way back when. I watched him race once in California back in the 60's. I waved wildly as he shot by, but he didn't seem to notice. I guess I won't be getting an autographed Ferrari anytime soon.
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My new monitor will be arriving tomorrow, so i am wondering what can i do to my current one. I was think if it is possible to use it to watch tv on the same machine? What do you usually do to your old monitor when a new one comes along?
Weiye Chen A self proclaimed hermit living in a cave, with his PC connected to the world.
Sell it if it's got any value or donate it to a local computer store that puts together donated parts to make ultra cheap pc's for the less fortunate and or unmotivated to purchase.
"I don't want more choice. I just want better things!" - Edina Monsoon
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Rocky Moore wrote:
Multiple monitors, I sure could not live with just one!
Amen to that! I'd be lost if I had just a single monitor
"Let's face it, the average computer user has the brain of a Spider Monkey." Bill Gates
Yeah, I am feeling a bit lost with two :)
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Weiye Chen wrote:
My new monitor will be arriving tomorrow, so i am wondering what can i do to my current one. I was think if it is possible to use it to watch tv on the same machine? What do you usually do to your old monitor when a new one comes along?
Use it as the 2nd monitor. You can then leave your browser open on this screen or your email client. I do this at work; I've been multi monitor for a few years now and will resist going back to single monitor (unless the single monitor is extremely wide screen and spans two normal monitors). To use both monitors you'll need two graphics cards (if you have a AGP/PCI Express card, see if your motherboard has one built in - you should then be able to get your old monitor working from your motherboard graphics card. Otherwise you'll either need a graphics card that has multiple outputs or buy a second card.
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UKCodeMonkey wrote:
To use both monitors you'll need two graphics cards (if you have a AGP/PCI Express card, see if your motherboard has one built in - you should then be able to get your old monitor working from your motherboard graphics card. Otherwise you'll either need a graphics card that has multiple outputs or buy a second card.
Cool, i'll try it tonight. Sounds fun.
Weiye Chen A self proclaimed hermit living in a cave, with his PC connected to the world.
