For questions about connecting multiple monitors to a single computer either desktop or laptop.
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Nvidia Quadro 600 DVI/DP Splitter
I have an Nvidia Quadro 600 card in my workstation and was curious if there was any way I could use three monitors with the card without using external graphics hardware (Matrox display2go et al.).
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How do I connect two monitors and a 42" LED TV screen to an AMD Radeon HD 6700 video card?
I have (2) Asus 27" monitors and (1) Hisence 42" LED TV screen.
Is it possible to have all three connected to an AMD Radeon HD 6700 video card on my computer as one whole desktop?
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Occasional display issues
I'm currently experiencing some issues that seem to happen randomly.
When I boot up I can see the boot screen right until the windows logon, and both my monitors go in sleep mode. One's connected via ...
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Can emacs be used across multiple screens?
I would like to use emacs across multiple monitors: one monitor would have code the other would have the R session that will be processing the code submissions. I am in a Windows machine logging into ...
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Is it possible to duplicate/mirror screen connected to different graphic cards?
My desktop has 2 HD 6450 graphic cards, each of them has one HDMI, one DVI and one VGA port. I connected 2 of my screens to the 2 HDMI ports on 2 cards, and I'd like to duplicate my 2 screens.
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Can Lenovo yoga 13 power 2 HDMI monitors
I'm considering getting a Lenovo yoga 13
I see the processor is a 3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3537U Processor( 2.00GHz 1600MHz 4MB)
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Running Screensaver, While Powerpoint is Open
I have a 16 monitor wide display wall. They are all 42 inch LCD televisions. They are all run from the same computer. They all run powerpoint and have the exact same outline/design, but with the ...
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Connect 20 monitors to one PC
I am trying to achieve this using Windows Multipoint Server & USB to VGA/HDMI External Adapters. But this technology only supports up to 14 monitors per PC. (OS limitation AFAIK). These monitors ...
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Screens go blank and windows move around
I have a 2-monitor Windows7 PC. A few times a day, both screens go black for about a second. When they come back, I frequently find all my windows have been moved onto my primary monitor, maximised ...
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Clarification about Lucid Virtu [closed]
Finally I've solved my problem. I have installed 3 monitors via DVI/HDMI with one dedicated Nvidia graphics card. I have now my iGPU of the i5-2500k in use for the third monitor. I use a Z68 (P8Z68-V) ...
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Optimum method of connecting three different monitors to PC
I have three different monitors, two of which are DVI with the other being VGA. I can't seem to work out a way of hooking up each monitor to my graphics card. Currently I am using Lucid to run the VGA ...
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Nvidia graphics card for 3rd monitor (no SLI)
I just received my 3rd monitor and found out that one dedicated Nvidia card supports two monitors max. As I'm not interested in using all of the three together for gaming purposes (SLI, Eyefinity ...
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Force a display to render at a scaled resolution
I'm running on a Retina MacBook Pro, where Windows's HiDPI support is abysmal. On OS X, the main display is run in a 2x mode and secondary displays are run normally, but that feature isn't available ...
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Microsfot Virtual PC 2007 running 3 windows XP VMs on Dual monitors. VM screens freeze on each screen after twenty minutes
I am currently running three VMs on Microsfot Virtual PC 2007. After about twenty minutes the screen freezes where it is at and will not continue until I move the window the the other monitor. But ...
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Running two graphics cards for multimonitor support
I would like to add an additional graphics card in to my 2nd PCI-E slot to give me two further VGA/DVI ports along side the two on my primary card. I am unsure if this secondary PCI-E slot is for SLI ...
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Get my TV to work with 2 monitors
I'm using the Club Radeon HD 6950 2GB graphics card. It has 2 DVI ports as well as a single HDMI port. My 2 monitors are connected through the DVI ports and I put them on extended background so I can ...
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HDMI splitter + VGA converter
Before I start buying components, I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the following:
HDMI out from a raspberry pi going to a HDMI splitter (externaly powered) (1x2)
First HDMI going to ...
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Disable second monitor
I have dual-monitors, both on a single GPU. At times I don't use the second one, particularly in GPU-intensive gaming - is it possible to disable the monitor so that the GPU doesn't have to render ...
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PC Nvidia HDMI Settings
So I have a GeForce 9500 GT and I have the latest Nvidia drivers. I have 2 ports, both DVI. One is connected to a normal monitor, the other is connected to my TV. That one I used a really long ...
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aticonfig Dual Monitors CentOS 6.4 Radeon 3650
I just loaded centOS on my laptop (Lenovo W500) which has a Radeon HD 3650 graphics card onboard. I cannot get my second monitor to work at all. Upon boot, since my /home directory is encrypted it ...
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Possible to selectively blacken out individual monitors?
Is there a way to somehow selectively "blank" or blacken an individual monitor while it's on through some type of "topical" solution?
I have three monitors, and sometimes I want to view solely on ...
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Remember window locations when docked and undocked
I find this beyond frustrating.
I have two extra screens on my laptop while at work. I take my laptop and go home, with no extra screens connected. I come back, dock the laptop, and the windows need ...
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How can I isolate HDMI sounds to a TV while game sounds to system speaker in Win7?
I have a desktop PC which I use to play games on AND watch films.
Its a Win 7 OS... with an ASUS EAH6450 hd gfx card with HDMI, DVI outputs.
Is there a way for me to be able to play a game on the ...
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Inspiron 15SE laptop and two monitors
I have seen this question How to connect two monitors to a DELL Inspiron 5520 15R and I am aware that it is possible that the 15R does not have the ability to connect to two monitors at the same ...
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Is it possible to connect 2 dvi monitors to 1 display port [duplicate]
I have a lenovo t530 laptop with nvidia optimus card and a single display port on it.
I want to connect 2 dvi monitors to it, the documenation says this is possible with the docking station which ...
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Cursor disappearing while watching fullscreen video - Mac OS X
I'm using a MacBook Pro Mac OS X Mountain Lion. I have a monitor connected to my computer and when I watch a fullscreen video on Safari, and want to do other stuff on the built-in monitor, the cursor ...
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How do I tell if motherboard is sending video on hdmi
My motherboard B75M-D3H has VGA/DVI/hdmi output.
Monitor 1: dvi + vga
Monitor 2(Dell S2340L): hdmi + vga
Monitor 2 never shows any display when connected thru hdmi cable but it works fine thru vga.
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Cannot extend desktop to third monitor
My Notebook status:
Model: HP Pavilion 7 6b21em
CPU: Intel i7 2.3 Ghz QuadCore
RAM: 8GB DDR5 (2x4 GB)
GPU: 1x Intel Integrated, 1x ATI AMD Radeon 6670M HD 2GB
OS: Windows 7 64bit Ultimate ...
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3 monitors - 2 via external graphics card DVI, and 1 via onboard DVI/VGA port
I have been running on two monitors for some time now, but have now acquired a third monitor. Windows detects the third monitor as a generic monitor (as opposed to Samsung xyz ...), but does not seem ...
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Multiple Monitors Windows 7 x64 Positioning Issue
I have a Radeon 5750 GPU outputting to three monitors (1 DisplayPort, 1 DVI, 1 HDMI). For a while now, I had a 1920x1080 left monitor, 1680x1050 right monitor and a TV at 1920x1080 mounted above and ...
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Fullscreen application over two monitors
I have a dual-head setup running Ubuntu 13.04 with Gnome/Unity (the default desktop). What I'm trying to achieve is to display Firefox in "fullscreen" mode (e.g. hit F11 after it is launched), and ...
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Upgrade recommendations to support multiple displays [closed]
I want to upgrade my system, and as I do so I want to do it slightly differently. I want to have 2 displays (two TFT monitors aligned side by side). I am currently using a CRT monitor with a VGA port ...
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Can a program window be maximized across multi-displays?
I would like to be able to choose whether to maximize in the current monitor or maximize to span over all monitors.
Is there a built-in feature (with a shortcut) or a program that can be used to ...
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Why wont my ATI Radeon 5850 hd let me have 3 monitors? [duplicate]
Okay so i would really like some help here! i got 3 monitors but only 2 of the works like they should i got DVI - HDMI - Displayport as setup and it should work well thats what everyone says but it ...
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Plugging two monitors into my laptop [closed]
On my DELL laptop I have two video outputs(HDMI and VGA). I plugged one monitor into the HDMI port and it works perfectly. I unplugged it and plugged it into the VGA port. This also works perfectly. ...
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Broken mouse cursor on main monitor, Windows 7 64 Bit, ATI Radeon HD 7870
Quite a while ago my graphic card died and I had to buy a new one. I decided for an ASUS Radeon HD 7870.
While I love the power of the graphic card and have no problems while playing games, I'm ...
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Can't find Eyefinity for ATI AMD 6770M HD [duplicate]
My Notebook details: HP Pavilion dv7 6b21em
CPU: 3.2 GHz Quad Core i7
RAM: 12GB DDR5
GPU: ATI (AMD) 6770M HD 2GB Dedicated RAM & Intel HD Mobile (Switchable Graphic Card)
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Which media player? [closed]
I need a media player/codec combination that can reliably play back 10,280 x 720 videos full-screen without a frame on multiple monitors. I have eight 32" monitors arranged in a horizontal row fed by ...
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Window 7 - Dual monitors window alignment off
I have this problem where the taskbar takes up the whole screen on my main monitor, but when I try to drag a window and have it snap to the left side of my main monitor, it leaves a gap of about two ...
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Sapphire HD 7870 Ghz Quad monitors support
Does Sapphire HD 7870 Ghz support 4 monitors simultaneously (independently and without mirroring or stretching any one of them), that is :
1 TV through HDMI cable
2 monitor using miniHD to HD ...
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How can I get my dual monitors to work in Windows 7, after no online solutions work?
I will start by saying this is the first time I have tried to perform this particular task, however, I am an IT professional, and I do know my way around a computer.
The problem is I can't "extend" ...
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How to get Windows 7 Custom OEM wallpaper to appear on multiple monitors? [duplicate]
I am already aware of how to set a custom logon background on Windows 7. I am also not trying to tile my plain wallpaper on my desktop. I am talking about the background on the logon/lock screen in ...
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No extended displays in dual monitor configuration
I installed a Geforce fx 5200 PCI card that has dual VGA output on a Windows 7 64 bit system. Both monitors displayed but only as duplicates of the same display. Only one monitor showed up in the ...
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Dual Monitor Setup - Monitors keep swapping around so all applications switch to other screen
I hope someone can shed some light on this one as this issue has been driving me up the wall for many months now.
I have a dual screen setup.
A Samsung SyncMaster 940UX on the left. Identified as ...
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Dual Monitors - Running Win 8 at Home and Remote to Win 7
I am running windows 8 at home on my laptop and remoting into a machine in a closet that runs windows 7. the machine that i am remoting to is set up to run on one monitor. i would like to use a dual ...
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Windows second monitor sometimes stays black
I have two monitors and both of them work fine most of the time, however, occasionally when Windows 8 boots up the secondary monitor shows nothing but black during and after the bootup. In these cases ...
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What are the minimum specs for a laptop capable of 2 or more external monitors? [closed]
I'm in the market for a laptop that can support several external monitors via VGA and display link adapters. I want to make sure the next laptop I buy is capable of supporting at least 2, more than ...
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How can I tell if a displayport / mini-DP to DVI adapter is active or passive?
I have a bunch of mini-Displayport to DVI adapters lying around. Some of them came from Macbooks, some came bundled with ATI video cards, and some I have no idea where they came from. How can I check ...
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Connecting 2 external monitors to HP Pavilion dv7 6b21em
My specifications:
CPU: Intel i7 2.6 QuadCore
RAM: 8GB DDR5
GPU: AMD ATI 6770M HD 2GB Dedicated
OS: Windows 7 Ulitimate 64x
Ports: 1x VGA, 1x HDMI
I have two extra screens a 24" and 22" both on ...
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How can I use my W8 tablet as a second monitor?
I have a Windows 8 tablet running the full W8 (read: NOT RT). I know that there are apps for iPad (not sure about Android) that will let your tablet function as a secondary monitor. Is there any way ...
