Aug 15, 2007 09:39 pm You need to change your Display Properties to work with what you want.
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Dual monitor help
Posted on Aug 15, 2007 09:30 pm
sdf9235
Member Since: Aug 15, 2007
hi ive been trying to setup 2 monitors on my computer, and i have the onboard video and a NVIDIA Geforce4 card in on a PCI slot. so i plugged the second monitor in to the onboard and rebooted and it then only apeared on the monitor connected to the onboard. any tips?
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Aug 15, 2007 09:39 pm You need to change your Display Properties to work with what you want.
freepctech.com/pc/001/guide_dual_monitors.shtml
Aug 17, 2007 10:28 pm Um, you know you can run dual monitors right from the NVidea card don't you?
Aug 18, 2007 07:45 am Your BIOS doesnt allow your on board video to be used at the same time as your add on card. My guess is your BIOS wont allow you to change this either, so your basically stuck with getting another card.
I have heard of a workaround by using a DVI cable from your add on card to you monitor (assuming you have that capability) I guess the theory is that your BIOS doesnt recognize that your using the add on card when using the DVI technology. When you try this method you would still have to enable it in your display properties.
Aug 18, 2007 10:51 pm I'll say it again. The Nvidea card he has in the machine supports dual monitors. You simply plug one into the analog and the other into the digi with the adapter supplied. Then go to the Nvidea control panel and follow the prompts to set up a dual monitor system.
No need to buy a new video card at all. Use the Nvidea you have installed and not the onboard video at all.
Aug 21, 2007 09:15 am Ok, I'm intirgued. I have to laugh at myself when I ask questions like this as twenty-some years ago I was doing things on computers no one heard of. Me thinks me gets old.
My biggest mental block is how they are used? I envision the fed screen streatched across two monitors, or the same image on both monitors. How do you get elements of a program to show up in chosen screens? I'm thinkin of my KVA switch, do you 'hot switch your mouse and keyboard activity between them? I can imagine the whole thing being either extreamly helpfull or extreamly combersome.
Aug 21, 2007 10:32 am It's new screen resolution is 2048 x 768, instead of 1024 x 768 (substitute actual screen size). So your mouse drags across one screen to the right, then pops onto the second screen from the left.
Instead of having a screen 13" x 9.5", it's now 26" x 9.5". There's just a plastic break down the middle (where the two monitors meet). But windows doesn't know the difference. It treats the entire desktop as one screen.
Aug 21, 2007 10:36 am You can "clone" displays (i.e. same on both), or you can "configure independently" which means it sets the second monitor either to the left or to the right of your *primary* monitor so you mouse WAY to the left or WAY to the right to get to the other monitor.
It's VERY handy to have duals if you're doing any sort of massive writing projects, and i'm sure even more handy if your music program supports dual screens (though I haven't been able to use something that supports it yet).
Aug 21, 2007 10:38 am pjk your the best!
Now I can understand how to use the set up for sure. Especialy in Cubase where so many 'windows' need the entire height of the screen, this would be very nice!
Aug 21, 2007 10:40 am I let windows do it, then the apps don't even know there's two screens. Windows does all the work.
I haven't figured out how to get my laptop to duplicate my primary, only to extend it. I haven't tried on my main rig though.
Aug 21, 2007 10:42 am Quote:
pjk your the best!
oh stop, i'm blushing =)
No prob Walt. I've been doing it for years (the dual screen, not blushing). Now with reaper I have the mixer on bottom, wav display across both screens, and the plugs pop up on the right screen (secondary). I can put 4 or 5 plugs over there, and put the wav display on the main display, and tweak away.
tis great.
Aug 21, 2007 10:42 am XP based laptops have dual capability built in, I do it at work, use the laptop monitor for outlook, explorer and junk, and use my flatscreen for my actual "work".
Just go to properties, select the reso for each screen and which side of the screen each should manage, it's awesome.
Aug 21, 2007 11:40 am aye, me too. my laptop does both screens, at different resolutions too. I write code on my main laptop screen, then see the browsers on the secondary screen.
That's great too!
Aug 21, 2007 11:56 am creepy, that's exactly what i'm doing... coding on main screen, browsing HRC on the secondary.
Aug 21, 2007 10:40 pm My main studio PC is set up to run the duals. Sonar or P5 run on the primary, but any plugs or synths are set to open on the secondary. Although most times I simply float whatever section I want into the secondary, which I do with P5's loop editor and groove pane. The mixer view ins Sonar usually spreads across both screens. My desktop runs on the primary as well, while video, WMP and Powerdesk all open on the secondary.
There are a couple pix in my profile of the desktop as well as some with Sonar open and running.
Aug 22, 2007 05:31 pm I run a triple monitor set up. I use a 20 wide screen as my main and a 2 17" to the left and right of it. I use the main to run acid's main screen, the left for effects and plug ins and the right for clip properties, file explorer and mixer.
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