What is the root problem I'm having and a workable solution for connecting a 3rd monitor to a Win 8.1 Pro x64 desktop?
My primary desktop has a ATI Radeon HD 46000 Series display adapter with 1 gb or onboard dedicated video memory. I have a HP w2338h LCD monitor (1920x1080) as my primary on HDMI. I have a Dell s2404W (Digital, 1920x1080) across from me for watch videos on DVI. It's defined as extended desktop. Now I connected a ViewSonic VA2012wb (1680x1050) on to VGA 15-pin. This third monitor is intended to be vertical for reading, leaving my primary monitor available to work on. Unfortunately I seem to be limited to have just two monitors active at a time. A third monitor must become disabled.
Can anyone explain what brick wall I seem to be hitting with a third monitor? The adapter has three monitor connectors and I don't recall reading anything about being limited to two (of three) at once.
If it's a limitation of the adapter, can I get all three monitors active if I place the third monitor on another video adapter, preferable a USB3-based adapter?
I'm running Win 8.1 Pro x64 on an ASUS P6 X58-E WS motherboard with a Xeon 5600 6-core processor. I currently have 13gb of memory.
Thank you in advance for any insights.
My primary desktop has a ATI Radeon HD 46000 Series display adapter with 1 gb or onboard dedicated video memory. I have a HP w2338h LCD monitor (1920x1080) as my primary on HDMI. I have a Dell s2404W (Digital, 1920x1080) across from me for watch videos on DVI. It's defined as extended desktop. Now I connected a ViewSonic VA2012wb (1680x1050) on to VGA 15-pin. This third monitor is intended to be vertical for reading, leaving my primary monitor available to work on. Unfortunately I seem to be limited to have just two monitors active at a time. A third monitor must become disabled.
Can anyone explain what brick wall I seem to be hitting with a third monitor? The adapter has three monitor connectors and I don't recall reading anything about being limited to two (of three) at once.
If it's a limitation of the adapter, can I get all three monitors active if I place the third monitor on another video adapter, preferable a USB3-based adapter?
I'm running Win 8.1 Pro x64 on an ASUS P6 X58-E WS motherboard with a Xeon 5600 6-core processor. I currently have 13gb of memory.
Thank you in advance for any insights.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- WIndows 8 Pro