snakey Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Ok i got my dual monitors working. Ones connected to my graphics card. The other is connected to my built in. So how do i switch between monitors? im stuck on the same monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 You have to change some settings in your BIOS. In my bios you can only use the built in or the graphics card, not both, you should check what yours can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 So how do i switch between monitors? im stuck on the same monitor. Did you drag the mouse all the way to the right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothCriminal Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 right click on desktop, go to properties, and then settings, play around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakey Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 ok i've done all that. I have my 2 screens showing my desktop background but i can't use the other screen. the other one doesnt have a task bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothCriminal Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 That is normal, drag folders/open applications over to the screen and begin use. With windows, one monitor is the primary monitor, and contains the taskbar/start menu and generally most of the desktop icons. Applications will by default open to this window, when you open something up, say Firefox, make sure it isn't selected to maximize, and then drag it over to the other monitor, you can then maximize it on this monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 ok i've done all that. I have my 2 screens showing my desktop background but i can't use the other screen. the other one doesnt have a task bar. Did you drag the mouse all the way to the right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakey Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 ok sparda is the man i was moving my mouse the wrong way haha shame on me. +2 useless karma points for sparda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 snakey is an ubber 1337 haxor! :-D What is fun is getting a dual headed system to work under Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakey Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 Using my built in graphic card as one of the vga ports was a mission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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