Dell PowerEdge 1800 - Manual (Page 5)

Information Update
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This document provides updated information for your system on the following topics:
• Multiple monitors in display properties
• BIOS version A01
• Adding a second IDE device to the IDE controller cable
• Embedded SATA 2s controller-to-CERC SATA 6-channel upgrade considerations
• Video and cabling considerations for the DRAC 4P expansion card
• Enabling video hardware acceleration in the Microsoft
®
Windows Server™ 2003
operating system
• Correcting flat-panel display video problems during Microsoft Windows Server 2003
operating system installations
• Power-supply fan performance in system standby mode
• Installing Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager 3.6
• Single memory module installation
• Using a PERC 4/DC controller
• Creating an embedded SATA controller RAID array
• Using Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux, Dell OpenManage Server Assistant, and the embedded
SATA controller with RAID
• Installing fast ethernet drivers using Server Assistant on dual-processor systems running
the Microsoft Windows
®
2000 operating system
Multiple Monitors in Display Properties
Your system has one video connector on the back panel. The video driver installed in your system is
designed to be used with various Dell™ systems, some of which have front- and back-panel video
connectors. This causes the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system to report that the
system is configured to display on multiple monitors.
To check your display settings:
1 Right-click your desktop and click Properties.
2 Click the Settings tab and verify that the display mode is set to (Multiple Monitors)
on RADEON 7000 SERIES.
The video driver also causes Windows Server 2003 to display the monitor that is attached to your
system’s video connector, as well as to reserve a "default monitor" as a placeholder for systems that
have two video connectors.
To view the list of monitors:
1 Right-click your desktop and click Properties.
2 Click the Settings tab, and then click the Advanced button.