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WEEKEND PROJECT: Add a second monitor to your PC
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Step 1

Getting started

Step 2

What you'll need

Step 3

Get a second monitor

Step 4

Ensure you have two graphics ports

Step 5

Connect the second monitor

Step 6

Turn on both monitors

Step 7

Fix a few quirks

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Add a second monitor to your PC

By John Woram
(February 4, 2005)

Estimated time required:
2 hours

Estimated cost: $500 and up

Step 1:

Getting started

Adding a second monitor to your PC just doesn't make sense--until you try it. With two monitors, you can view a spreadsheet and write a report without constant minimizing and maximizing. Editing photos? Keep your tools on the secondary screen so that you can better view your image. Troubleshooting a software problem? Keep the instructions on one screen while performing the steps on the other. Finally, stretch that wide spreadsheet across two monitors for a bird's-eye view of all the numbers. Just find your spare monitor (or some spare cash) and some extra desk space, and we'll show you how to start seeing double.
What you'll need

This story originally appeared in Computer Shopper magazine.
Add a second monitor to your PC

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