<div dir="ltr">Hi Gord, Yes you are right, after revisiting the Dell link, the db9 is a serial port.Thanks for the info on the sound cards.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 7:47 PM, gord campbell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gordc2005@velcom.ca" target="_blank">gordc2005@velcom.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Assuming you are writing from the computer in question, and it is a<br>
Vostro 220, the answer is no. The DB9 is a serial port.<br>
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>From Dell's web site:<br>
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Standard I/O Ports:<br>
Video: 1 15-pin VGA video connector<br>
USB: 8 USB Ports (4 front, 4 back)...<br>
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Where I am working, we have solved this by buying inexpensive video<br>
cards which support two monitors. The computer has a PCIe x16 slot, so<br>
there are lots of video cards available, such as:<br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187209" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187209</a><br>
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After installing the card, you then install an "additional driver,"and<br>
in "Nvidia X Server Settings" you can set it up the way you want.<br>
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> Also on the back panel there is a VGA(in use now) and a VCI(db9) connector.<br>
> VGA blue, VCI green.<br>
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