ASRock Z77E-ITX manual Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features, Dual Monitor Feature

2.7 Dual Monitor and Surround Display Features

Dual Monitor Feature

This motherboard supports dual monitor feature. With the internal VGA output sup- port (DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort), you can easily enjoy the benefits of dual monitor feature without installing any add-on VGA cards to this motherboard. This mother- board also provides independent display controllers for DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort to support dual VGA output so that DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort can drive same or different display contents.

To enable dual monitor feature, please follow the steps below:

1.Connect a DVI monitor cable to the DVI port on the I/O panel, connect a

HDMI monitor cable to the HDMI port on the I/O panel and connect a DisplayPort monitor cable to the DisplayPort on the I/O panel.

DisplayPort

DVI-I port HDMI port

2.If you have already installed the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system, you can freely enjoy the benefits of dual monitor function after your system boots. If you haven’t installed the onboard VGA driver yet, please install the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system and restart your computer.

DVI, HDMI and DisplyPort monitors cannot be enabled at the same time. You can only choose the combination: DVI + HDMI, DVI + DisplayPort, or HDMI + DisplayPort.

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