Dual monitors using DVI / VGA ports on motherboard

[Jordon Bedwell]

On 3/21/2011 11:10 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Hi all, I have this motherboard in my computer:
> Asus M3A78-EMH HDMI
> http://www.asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=khuIilXQjwItSrPi
>
> I wonder if I could attach two monitors to the system, one to DVI and
> one to VGA, and have the computer recognise them as separate outputs.
> I'd simply try but I don't yet have an additional monitor to test on
> at the moment (everything I own is VGA). Does this sound reasonable?

Yes, after a quick Google several people have stated that it has dual 
monitor support out of the box.

> Failing that, if I were to add a discrete PCIe graphics card would I
> be able to use both the onboard VGA output and the card's VGA output
> as separate monitors? Or would I need a graphics card with two
> outputs?
>
> Thanks!

No, the design logic of most boards is to auto-disable the onboard if 
you have another card installed.