TriumphNut
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Q: HOW TO USE TWO MONITORS WITH MY PRO TOWER

Have a mid 2012 apple pro tower with ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB graphics card. OS10.11.3  What do I have to do to add another monitor. Using Quicken, I'm frustrated with viewing credit cards, bank accounts and .pages source documents.

iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Xeon, 16GB DDR3

Posted on Mar 2, 2016 12:23 PM

by Grant Bennet-Alder,Solvedanswer
Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder
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That cards will support three displays, with the right adapters. In addition to the obvious Dual-Link DVI-I port, the two tiny Mini DisplayPorts next to it can each support a display.

 

DisplayConnectors.png

 

the DVI in this diagram is at least three times as large as the others pictured.

 

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Posted on Mar 2, 2016 12:43 PM

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  • by lllaass,

    lllaass lllaass Mar 2, 2016 12:41 PM in response to TriumphNut
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    Mar 2, 2016 12:41 PM in response to TriumphNut

    The MAc 577 has two mini didsplayport and one dual=link DVI output. Just connect two monitors to the card.

    Also see:

    OS X: Using multiple displays in Mavericks - Apple Support

    The above applies to other OSX versions too

  • by Grant Bennet-Alder,Solvedanswer

    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder Mar 2, 2016 12:43 PM in response to TriumphNut
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    Mar 2, 2016 12:43 PM in response to TriumphNut

    That cards will support three displays, with the right adapters. In addition to the obvious Dual-Link DVI-I port, the two tiny Mini DisplayPorts next to it can each support a display.

     

    DisplayConnectors.png

     

    the DVI in this diagram is at least three times as large as the others pictured.

     

    .

  • by TriumphNut,

    TriumphNut TriumphNut Mar 2, 2016 12:59 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder
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    Mar 2, 2016 12:59 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

    THANKS, HAD TO GET A FLASH LIGHT TO  SEE THE TWO MINI PORTS. Now to find the  proper cables.

    I've great bunches  of cables, but you might know,  I've got them all but these.

     

    RHB

  • by Grant Bennet-Alder,

    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder Mar 2, 2016 1:26 PM in response to TriumphNut
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    Mar 2, 2016 1:26 PM in response to TriumphNut

    the cheapest cable that get you the best results (IF your displays can support it) is Mini DisplayPort at the computer-end to (full size) DisplayPort at the display end. It is just a re-wire from one to the other sized connectors (no adapter, so not expensive).

     

    Although you can see that the connector for ThunderBolt is the same, Mini DisplayPort is a subset of ThunderBolt. Some cables will be labeled as ThunderBolt, but the lowest-cost "real" Thunderbolt cable costs over US$40 (and will not work for this job), so there should be no real confusion.

  • by TriumphNut,

    TriumphNut TriumphNut Mar 2, 2016 2:25 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder
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    Mar 2, 2016 2:25 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

    THANKS, I PAID $17.95 for a 15 foot mini port to Male VGA.

    RHB


    “Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked.”~ Jeff Pesis

  • by MlchaelLAX,

    MlchaelLAX MlchaelLAX Mar 2, 2016 3:11 PM in response to TriumphNut
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    Mar 2, 2016 3:11 PM in response to TriumphNut

    TriumphNut wrote:

     

    Using Quicken, I'm frustrated with viewing credit cards, bank accounts and .pages source documents.

    I consistently use the "download QIF" feature at my financial institutions websites and then manually Import these QIF files into Quicken 2007.  THen I only need to reference the monthly statement for opening and closing balances for reconcile purposes.