Using 3 monitors on an HP 6804

Qui-Gon John · Post by **Qui-Gon John** » Fri May 11, 2012 7:45 am

I was helping someone who wants to add a third monitor to his HP6804. He currently has dual monitors already. How can I go about helping him do this? The motherboard has an integrated VGA & DVI and those are what is currently in use. The specs say they become disabled if you install a video card.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:28 am

you add a video card with the support needed unless you want to show everything the same on all 3 which you can get an adapter to do.

Qui-Gon John · Post by **Qui-Gon John** » Wed May 16, 2012 1:10 pm

While I realize that, is there any way to get the built-in video ports to not be disabled when inserting a video card. The motherboard only has (2) PCIeX1 slots and I cannot seem to find a multiple monitor video card in that format.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed May 16, 2012 1:31 pm

Qui-Gon John wrote:While I realize that, is there any way to get the built-in video ports to not be disabled when inserting a video card. The motherboard only has (2) PCIeX1 slots and I cannot seem to find a multiple monitor video card in that format.

There are a bunch of cards with dual DVI + hdmi which you can use an adapter for that or there are even models with triple DVI
here this one supports 4

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814121636

Qui-Gon John · Post by **Qui-Gon John** » Wed May 16, 2012 2:00 pm

But that is a PCIeX16, and the mobo only has PCIeX1.

I saw ATI/AMD Eyefinity, but they do not seem to have PCIeX1 either.

The Dude · Post by **The Dude** » Fri May 18, 2012 6:58 am

You'll likely need something like this. > http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161354
You'll have to read though the details to be sure it can run 3 monitors but I do believe Eyefinity cards can.
More choices here. > http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007708%20600007854&IsNodeId=1&name=PCI%20Express%20x1