Recent content by mikekp

Thanks, I'm ordering the DVI to HDMI converter. I have a TV with HDMI, and drug it over to the computer and used an hdmi cable to make sure it would dual monitor with the HDMI & VGA ports, and it did. The resolution was off, but I'm sure adjustable easier on an actual monitor. Thanks for the help!

I would kind of like to be sure its going to work before buying things I may not be able to use. What would be a cheap video card option I could put in? I won't be doing gaming on this PC, if I do id just get a whole new setup. So the video card wouldn't need to do anything except provide me...

I don't have the stuff at the bottom, just the stuff up top. This is a pic I just took, sorry its upside down. http://imgur.com/usLUwBh Whatever I've got I'm sure is 'onboard' I've certainly never added a graphics card.

I've never tried using it because the monitors don't have that connection, but searching online it seems like a common complaint that people couldn't get the HDMI output to work. So I'm not completely share they're designed to work separately?

I've never done this before, so looking for some advice. I have a gateway DX4831, totally stock. I currently am running a 22" Samsung Syncmaster 2220wm monitor on there. I recently came into a spare 19" dell of some kind, and would like to set it up as a secondary monitor. The setup on this...