dual monitor help

[cannondalejunky]

i just got a second monitor, i've got the latest drivers for my video card, and i've run 2 monitors before..my comp is able to detect the second monitor but nothing comes up on the monitor....any ideas on what might be up

[bean]

Right click the Desktop.
Select Properties.
Go to the Settings tab.
Select the second monitor.
Check the box for Extend my desktop onto this monitor.

You can also drag the two monitors around that window so that you have the correct orientation.

[cannondalejunky]

Right click the Desktop.
Select Properties.
Go to the Settings tab.
Select the second monitor.
Check the box for Extend my desktop onto this monitor.

You can also drag the two monitors around that window so that you have the correct orientation.


that was one of the first things i did...i've gone through all my video card settings, and still nothing...the monitor turns on, but i just get a blank screen

[binary visions]

Does the second monitor show up in your display properties as an option to extend the desktop to?

[cannondalejunky]

Does the second monitor show up in your display properties as an option to extend the desktop to?

yeah...but when i select it to extend the desktop, it turns the monitor on, but i just get a black screen...i can run my mouse over to it, but i don't see anything on it...it may be the monitor since it isn't new...but when i turn my computer off it does pop up the "monitor is going into power saver mode" message or something like that, i don't remember exactly what it says

[binary visions]

Hook the second monitor up as your primary monitor, see if it works.

[cannondalejunky]

Hook the second monitor up as your primary monitor, see if it works.

so i just did that and the other monitor worked fine...so then i plugged in the first monitor into the secondary slot and i'm having the same problem...i'm using a lcd adapter, maybe that's got something to do with it

[bean]

Do you have another monitor you could hook up without the adapter? It could also be that port on the video card.

[jacksonpt]

Does the video card have 2 ports, or are you running them off a single port with a splitter?

[cannondalejunky]

Does the video card have 2 ports, or are you running them off a single port with a splitter?

just a regular port and an lcd port...and i'm using an adapter so i can plug into the lcd port

[jacksonpt]

By LCD do you mean DVI? I'm trying to envision your setup, but I'm having a hard time...

Could the adapter be bad?

[binary visions]

There's no such thing as an LCD port. You should have either a blue one or a white one, the white one has more connectors and is larger - that's a DVI port. The blue (smaller) one is VGA.

I assume what you're doing is using an adapter to plug a VGA monitor into the DVI port.

So, whatever you plug into the DVI port doesn't turn on? Could be a problem with the adapter or the card, the only way you can know is to replace the adapter or find a DVI monitor to try plugging it into.

[cannondalejunky]

There's no such thing as an LCD port. You should have either a blue one or a white one, the white one has more connectors and is larger - that's a DVI port. The blue (smaller) one is VGA.

I assume what you're doing is using an adapter to plug a VGA monitor into the DVI port.

So, whatever you plug into the DVI port doesn't turn on? Could be a problem with the adapter or the card, the only way you can know is to replace the adapter or find a DVI monitor to try plugging it into.


yeah my bad...i have a vga and a dvi port...i'll see what i can do to test it out

[bean]

Is this actually a dual head card? Or could it be a single head card with VGA and DVI ports?

[Pat...]

I was trying to do the same thing with my card with DVI and VGA. I gave up because I couldn't set it up how I wanted. I could keep the 1280x950 on my 21" and have a smaller resolution on the 17" dell.

[binary visions]

Is this actually a dual head card? Or could it be a single head card with VGA and DVI ports?

Does such a thing even exist? Single head cards should come with a port and a converter if they want to switch between the formats.

[cannondalejunky]

the thing is, is i've did this about a year ago with the same exact monitors, same video card and probably even the same adapter...it just kinda weird that it's all the sudden not doing it...the computer is about 3 years old, and the video card is an ati radeon 9600...so it shouldn't be messed up, but i guess nothings impossible

[bean]

Does such a thing even exist? Single head cards should come with a port and a converter if they want to switch between the formats.

That's sort of what I was wondering. I haven't kept up with this stuff all that much recently.