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by jmp2000

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I have had good results setting this up in W98 and W2000 but not getting anywhere with WXP. Microsoft's HCL doesn't specifically list cards approved for this in XP. However, my manufacturer's booklet for the cards says they're compatible. Spent an hour on the phone with the SiS Tech, but still didn't get it to work.
I've got two PCI cards and an AGP card - all identical - no combination seems to work.
The cards are installed - Primary works fine, secondary is recognized, then listed as "notworking" in Device Manager. Only approved driver available is native XP driver.

Anybody know of any new tricks, or cards that definitely will work?

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by talli

This is the list of supported display adapters, approved by Microsoft for both XP Home and Pro:
Desktop computer adapters for use with the Multiple Monitor feature:
3DFX Banshee, 3DFX Voodoo 3-5 (3,4,5),3DLabs Permedia 2-3 ,ATI Rage128, Rage128AIW, Radeon ,Intel I810 ,Matrox Millennium, Millennium II, Mystique, G100, G200, Productiva, G400, G450 Number Nine Imagine 128, Imagine128 v2, Revolution 3D, Revolution 4 Nvidia NV3 (Riva128)
Nvidia NV4, NV5 (TNT, TNT2, TNT2, TNT2 Ultra,TNT2 Vanta, TNT2 M64, Geforce, Geforce3) SIS315
Desktop computer display cards for the DualView feature:Matrox G200, G400, G450 SIS300i
Laptop display cards for DualView:S3 Savage MX Trident 3D, Trident XP
Do your cards appear on this list?
Talli

by jmp2000

Found out that the trick is to not use two identical cards - XP can't tell the difference after installation. Using two cards with different chips works well.

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