3 dvi lcds connected to a t41p?

[sneakyazn]

if i use the dock ii, would it be possible to still use the dvi on the unit and put in a pci card with dvi and get 2 dvi lcd monitors? does anybody know of a dual dvi pci card so that i could possibly get 3? I searched the forums and saw that some are using the pcmcia dvi cards, but i would prefer to just use a standard video card. any searches i do for a "dual dvi pci" card sends back cards for the new pci-e.

[awolfe63]

I tried this last week and could not get it to work. Everytime I would reboot the drivers would go haywire.

[bdicaire]

If I use the dock may I use two external screen instead of 1 external and the laptop LCD ?

Do you have hints how to place the laptop lcd near enough so you can see someting and still far enough to have some desk estate to work ?

Thanks in advance

[awolfe63]

I have had no trouble using 2 external screens on the minidock or dock II - 1 is analog and one is dvi. I do it often.

As far as using the external with the internal LCD - the only time I do it is when I use the main screen with a keyboard and mouse to review large documents and use the laptop screen off to the side at 45% or at 90% on an L-shaped desk. I use the second screen for a few minutes at a time to take notes. When I do this - the external is the main screen.

OK - there is 1 other time I do it. Sometimes I use Napster or Media player as the only app on the second screen so I can look over and see what song is playing...

[sneakyazn]

thanks for the reply awolfe, i'm so jealous of your 24" lcd . So if I can't do 3 dvi's, would it be possible to do two by plugging in a dual dvi pci card? i found a geforce 5200 with dual dvi. Or i also have a pci card with a dvi/vga. Would i be able to use the dvi on the dock, and a dvi on the video card? the main reason I want this is because the 2 lcds will be right next to each other and i know i'll go nuts if i can tell the difference. Thanks monitor gurus

[RonS]

The NVidia Quadro NVS 280 should do the trick.

Appian (<link removed by request from new owner>) also sells several dual/quad DVI boards that I know fit in the Dock I or II.

If you stumble across the Matrox QID board (also quad DVI), be aware that it does not fit in either Docking station (just barely!).

[sneakyazn]

darnit, the matrox cards were what i was looking at. I assume that it does not fit because of the length? Do you know what length video card would fit in? They state "half-sized pci", but tech support couldn't go beyond that.

[awolfe63]

The Dock II manual says 6.9" for "half size".

I put an ATI 9200SE card in my dock and got it working when al hell broke loose. Everything started crashing. Took me a week to get back to 1 monitor again - so I have not been able to figure out how to get it to work.

When an XP machine has two video cards - is it supposed to use 2 drivers? I may try it on a less mission critical machine first to figure it out.