I have acquired a R900 to be used as a workstation. I need to run multiple monitors. I have added my NVS440 x1 card and Win2K8R2 recognizes it. I've added the drivers. Unfortunately, the second monitor doesn't come up and the NVS 440 and it's one test monitor doesn't show up when I go into "Screen Resolution" to try to activate the second monitor. I've looked through the R900 documentation and could not find a reason for an add-in adapter not to work.
I need either the on-board video to work with the add-in NVS 440 adapter or I need two add-in adapters to allow me to add at least a fifth monitor.
- Does the R900 allow one or more video adapters to be added?
- Does it allow use of both the on-board video and an add-in adapter? If no, how do I disable the on-board video?
- Does it allow two add-in video adapters?
Being the greedy person I am, I would like to continue having the DRAC console redirection work if possible.
- If the on-board video will work with an add-in card, will the on-board act as primary video and allow the DRAC console redirection to continue working?
- If the on-board video will not work with an add-in card, is there any way for the DRAC console redirection to continue working?
If I can get this thing to work with more than 4 monitors it will be a nice improvement over the Inspiron 530 I'm using now. If I can't get at least 4, I may have to rack it and use RDP from the Inspiron to maintain at least my 4 monitors but, I was hoping to consolidate to reduce the impact of the R900 on my environmental control and electric bill. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanxx,
Tom