ASROCK A780FULLHD, Installation Manual

Page: 17 / 192

1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7 1 7
ASRock A780FullHD Motherboard
EnglishEnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish
2. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system
already, you can freely enjoy the benefits of dual monitor function after your
system boots. If you haven’t installed onboard VGA driver yet, please install
onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system and restart your
computer. Then you can start to use dual monitor function on this motherboard.
When you playback HDCP-protected video from Blu-ray (BD) or
HD-DVD disc, the content will be displayed only in one of the two
monitors instead of both monitors.
2.5 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features 2.5 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features
2.5 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features 2.5 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features
2.5 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features
Dual Monitor Feature
This motherboard supports dual monitor feature. With the internal dual VGA output
support (DVI-D and D-Sub), you can easily enjoy the benefits of dual monitor
feature without installing any add-on VGA card to this motherboard. This
motherboard also provides independent display controllers for DVI-D and D-Sub to
support dual VGA output so that DVI-D and D-sub can drive same or different
display contents.
To enable dual monitor feature, please follow the below steps:
1. Please connect the DVI-D monitor cable to the VGA/DVI-D port. And connect the
D-Sub monitor cable to the VGA/D-Sub port.
VGA/D-Sub port VGA/DVI-D port
Surround Display Feature
This motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal dual VGA
output support (DVI-D and D-Sub) and the external add-on PCI Express VGA card,
you can easily enjoy the benefits of surround display feature.
Please refer to the following steps to set up a surround display environment:
1. Install the ATI TM PCI Express VGA card on PCIE1 slot. Please refer to page 16 for
proper expansion card installation procedures for details.
2. Connect the DVI-D monitor cable to the VGA/DVI-D port. And connect the D-Sub
monitor cable to the VGA/D-Sub port.