Dual Display on 9800Pro

m4a2t0t · Post by **m4a2t0t** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:36 pm

Trying to setup a dual display across 2 17"NEC LCD's, I can only set it up as 1 desktop but it shows it on 2 screens(the exact same thing). I setup dual display on a Nforce 2 board with onboard dual display and it had options like speading the desktop across both displays or 2 seperate desktops, i see nothing like that here. Anyhelp

Edit:I managed to get it to display 2 different desktops(1 without a taskbar), anyway to get it to display 1 big desktop?

zooner · Post by **zooner** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 9:49 pm

i THINK you just change the resolution to span the monitors.

been a while since i ran dual, so i could be wrong.

m4a2t0t · Post by **m4a2t0t** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 11:43 am

Ya thats what I thought but it only shows the default resolution of 1280x1024

zooner · Post by **zooner** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 3:45 am

post over at rage3d.com

it COULD be an issue with using two lcd's? Or perhaps the control panel wasnt properly installed?

try a different driver too.

I believe that

Edit:I managed to get it to display 2 different desktops(1 without a taskbar), anyway to get it to display 1 big desktop?

is your only option. That's the way i've always run it and I liked it that way too. one of the nice functions is that you can have an aol IM window open while you watch a movie or even play a game.

kieofwoo · Post by **kieofwoo** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 9:18 am

you can get 3rd party software to allow you to have the taskbar across both displays (truetaskbar?)

But I need to have an extra long taskbar personally...

m4a2t0t · Post by **m4a2t0t** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 12:49 pm

im 99% sure i used the same LCD's when I hooked it up to the nforce mobo.

Ill post at rage3d and check into truetaskbar

thanks

zooner · Post by **zooner** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:47 am

solution found?

m4a2t0t · Post by **m4a2t0t** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:49 am

nobody can remember the name of the program at rage3d, i have searched and found a nice program but its $50, no freeware progs(found one but it blew).

kieofwoo · Post by **kieofwoo** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:11 am

have you tried powerstrip? - http://www.entechtaiwan.net/ps.htm - I used to use that one as well

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:36 am

right click the desktop and go the properties... Then the settings tab

right away you should see two black monitors numbered 1 and 2

click number 2 and on the bottom left check the box "EXTEND MY WINDOWS DESKTOP ONTO THIS MONITOR"

this should work.. right now you are in clone mode and you can adjust this in the advanced--> displays area... its the two lil blue buttons by the particular monitor picture..

m4a2t0t · Post by **m4a2t0t** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:26 pm

err.. I got that already were trying to get the taskabr to extend

you can spread the taskabr with powerstrip?

kieofwoo · Post by **kieofwoo** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:42 pm

i'm pretty sure that powerstrip will let you spread the taskbar

if it doesn't then objectbar will http://www.stardock.com/products/objectbar/