monitor setup

Hello, I'm having an issue using two monitors on my PC. A bit of background info: Ive been using dual monitors for about a year by plugging one into my on-board GPU (VGA-VGA) and one into my external GPU (VGA-VGA-DVI-I using an adapter). For reasons which I can't be...

I have two monitors - I use one primarily. My normal setup in Display Settings is "Show Desktop only on 1" - this works fine. If I switch to "Extend These Displays" my primary monitor desktop moves over to the second monitor and my main monitor shows the desktop background image with no icons...

I wanted to start this thread to warn people about things that have come up during my time testing Windows 8. The largest things that I was hoping to put out is the stuff that is a major break down, and could cause your system to have to be cold shutdown. That was the major idea I had, but...

Consider the following scenario: On a Windows 7 laptop with hybrid graphics, Connect multiple monitors to the system, including 2 DVI or DisplayPort monitors Configure duplicate (clone) displays between the DVI or DisplayPort monitors. Set the... Link Removed

Hey guys, I am running a dual monitor set up and when I play CSS if I snap to quickly on someone to the right (since my second monitor is to the right) I will minimize the window (since the mouse carries over) and I will have to alt tab back. The mouse does move over to the second monitor and...

One of our staff members is running Windows 7 on a laptop (with docking station) and uses a USB VGA dual monitor device. Upon start up, the second monitor does not register any images (it remains black). Power is clearly running to the monitor and it is turned on. Strange part is, if she...

I have an Acer TM8572G with Nvidia screen manager and is using an external LG W2443T monitor as primary monitor on an extended screen setup. The monitor is attached via ordinary VGA socket to the laptop. It has happened a few times that the LG monitor scales itself to about 15% wider than the...

Looking for some help. Sorry if this is in the wrong place, just registered to do this. Trying to get my computer to let me use my second monitor. I've updated my drivers and restarted, used DriverFinder and updated from there to. Using: Win7 Home 64bit My tower is HPE-500y HP Pav Elite 2 aoc...

AMD has Link Removed its newest high-end graphics solution, the AMD HD 6990. The new 6990 is a monster of a card—it's basically a small system all in itself, which you can cram inside your PC if you've got the room for it. The reason behind the size—it takes up two slots and is almost a foot...

Trying to get my dual monitor extended desktop happening in Win 7, but it won't recognize the 2nd monitor. I just get a clone of monitor 1 with no option to extend it. It worked perfectly in XP and I just upgraded to Win 7. I have a ASUS P6TD Delux motherboard and a ASUS ATI based card with...

Here’s my setup: I am running 4 flat panel monitors with two video cards as follows: OS: Windows 7 Pro 64-bit Motherboard: MSI 760GM-E51 Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 Memory: 8gb DDR3 Video Card #1: nVidea EVGA GeForce GT 430 PCIe 2.0 w/1024 DDR3 RAM Video Card #2: nVidea EVGA GeForce...

[Solved] Two monitors with different heights weird cursor reaction When I shoot my mouse into the red zone (in an attempt to close a maximized window) the mouse cursor keeps traveling and ends up in that yellow area on the second monitor. It's like the cursor acts as if there is no gap in...

On my dual monitor (Dell), the colour is off. How can I make them the correct colour? One is darker then the other, the settings are the same. I'm using ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series graphics card and both monitors are ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series. Thanks.

I use a laptop for work but I have 3 monitors that I use and I don't use the laptop screen. All monitors are identical and set to the same resolution. My 3rd monitor doesn't line up properly; when I scroll over to it the mouse jumps below where it was on the previous screen. When I go into...

I would like to set up dual monitors. I have a laptop right now that has one 22 inch monitor connected via a vga cable. I only have one vga output, however I do also have an hdmi output on my laptop as well. Would I be able to have a dual monitor setup with one monitor connected via vga...

Hello, I am having trouble getting my dual monitors to work. I am currently using a laptop, ASUS G73, with a ATI Radeon 5870 graphics card. My laptop recognizes the monitor (DELL E173FP), but nothing has appeared on the monitor. I've tried moving things onto the monitor, adjusting screen...

I'm a PC gamer, and my dual screens would work great for an online game that has dual screen set up options in game. I have an Alienware M15x laptop, with a Toshiba 19 inch screen hooked up via VGA cable + audio. I have it already set up to extend so i can go between the two seperate desktop...

i hope i am asking the right question.... on my laptop, i can plugin my lcd tv and dual screen. i setup a video game to load on screen 2 (the lcd tv) and the desktop stays on screen 1. when i went to play the game on screen 2, and actively used the mouse on screen 1, i lost control of the...

Hi I am totally new to the forum and Windows 7 as of yesterday. My problem is I had an HP Pavilion Entertainment PC (im not quite sure the model number) and I used an external HP monitor with it when i ran vista. After i used an update disc to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate my external...

Hello, I've recently switched from Windows Vista to Windows 7 x64. I use the word switched instead of upgraded because I formatted my old drive instead of installing over Vista. I have been using two screens for forever now, both LG Flatron L1750HQ, both are digital and have served me well. My...