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Multiple monitors in Vista

W2W2 Registered User
edited February 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
So a friend of mine has just hooked up two LCD monitors to his Vista machine. Apparently Vista detects both displays, but the second monitor remains blank, in sleep mode.

Now, I did the same thing about three days ago and had the same issue but for the life of me I can't remember how I resolved it - I just tinkered around a bit and eventually got it to work. It escapes me how I did it so I can't walk him through it. :oops:


The monitors are not identical, one is a much newer widescreen and the secondary display is an older model, so could it be an issue of Vista trying to run both monitors at a resolution or a refresh rate that is higher than the native resolution of the older display?

He's running an 8800GT with what I think are the latest drivers.



Any ideas?

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  • shadydentistshadydentist Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    I think, but I could be wrong, that you need to mess with the video card drivers, not Vista directly, to deal with multiple monitors. I know that nVidia drivers have an option for multiple monitors.

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  • Captain VashCaptain Vash Registered User
    edited February 2009
    desktop
    right click
    personalize
    display settings
    choose a mode and resolution for each monitor

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  • MushroomStickMushroomStick Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    With nvidia, you have to go into the nvidia control panel and "set up multiple displays."

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  • W2W2 Registered User
    edited February 2009
    I went round there and had a look at it: Nvidia control panel worked perfectly when using a DVI adapter that I'd brought from home. The one he'd bought from eBay, not a thing.


    Looking at it, his had 24 pins which makes it a DVI-D adapter, the one I brought from home had two groups of 9 pins (which I believe is a DVI-A) - he's just gonna grab a new adapter from somewhere.


    Solved, thanks. :)

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