Questions tagged [multiple-monitors]
For questions about connecting multiple monitors to a single computer either desktop or laptop.
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How to connect two 32" TVs from graphics card
I have a Nvidia Geforce GTX1050 with DVI and HDMI ports. My MSI motherboard has DVI, VGA and DisplayPort.
The problem is when I connect one 32" TV to the graphics card it works fine but when I ...
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Windows 11 with RTX 4090 not working with 4 monitors
I've never been able to get Windows 11 working with four monitors (2x4k at 60 and 120Hz, 2x1080p at 180 and 144Hz) on my ROG RTX 4090, regardless of refresh rate and resolution. When I select "...
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1 desktop for work, 1 HP laptop personal, and 3 monitors to share. KVM and docking station? [closed]
I have an HP laptop for personal use and would like to use the 3 monitors I have wired to my work desktop. I have a KVM switch but my laptop only has USB-C, 2 USB 2.0 and 1 HDMI. Do I need to also get ...
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Design NanoLED vs MicroLED computer screeens [closed]
How are NanoLED and MicroLED computer screens designed differently?
It has been said that
You can clearly see the difference just by looking at the LED stages.
One has single colour elements, the ...
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Upscaling and Integer Scaling [closed]
I want to be able to see all sorts of content on 1 single display instead of changing displays depending on my content. I don't need to invent data and try to increase the quality of the image when ...
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Need help connecting my gaming monitor to my laptop while maintaining 144Hz
I have an Asus VG248QE monitor from 2013 and it does not support 144Hz when connected via HDMI, but I can only connect it to my laptop via HDMI because my laptop does not have a DisplayPort.
How do I ...
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Daisy chaining monitors to laptop and PC
I've two monitors:
Samsung Odyssey G5: HDMI and DP
Philips 273V7QJAB: HDMI, VGA and DP
I'm looking to create a setup where I'm able to have a two monitor setup for both my PC and laptop.
PC slots ...
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Why does spanning of monitor not work for RDP?
First time setting multi monitor on my RDP, running Windows 10 Pro on my own laptop.
I followed tutorials online, using the following RDP file but have no success, RDP still only displaying on one ...
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Dual Monitors - One transition between 2 monitors catches mouse
Here are the details of my issue
I have a three monitor setup. Between the transition of monitor 2 and 3 on GPU 1, the transition always sticks. This transition is highlighted in the red box in the ...
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Remembering the setting to use and extend the external display
I have a laptop and an external display connected to it via USB-C. I extended these displays (the external display and the laptop display) and set my external display as the main one. So far so good.
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Reset or change monitor numbering in Windows monitor settings
I know that you normally can't change the numbers 1, 2, 3 etc. that Windows assigns to the connected monitors. At least I'm not aware of any way to do so after much research.
"Normally" ...
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Why is Windows 10 on a second monitor taskbar not showing minimized icons?
I have a problem with the taskbar on Windows 10 22H2 (19045.4717). I briefly switched to not minimized icons on both taskbars but going back to show only icons the second monitor didn't change back to ...
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Script for enabling HDR on a single monitor
I have two monitors that have HDR capability but one of them is pretty bad so I prefer to enable it for only one of them. However, when I go to Display Settings and enable HDR, both get turned on. ...
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Can I daisy-chain two Steam Deck hubs for dual screen with Steam Deck?
My PC died, and so did one of my two monitors, and so, temporarily I'm forced to utilize my Steam Deck as my main PC. It works perfectly fine in that role, with use of an "8 in 1" USB hub, ...
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Use external screens only on an optimus laptop with Xorg
I have an ASUS TUF A15(2023) optimus gaming laptop with Fedora 40 with the AMD built-in GPU and Nvidia discrete RTX 4070. Graphics configuration works well on Wayland: I connect to external monitors ...
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Ubuntu display doesn't recover after locking screen with HDMI connection
Problem:
When I lock my screen using the OS key + L shortcut while connected to an external display via HDMI, I can't get the display to show up again afterwards. The screen remains blank no matter ...
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I can only use one monitor with the Steam Deck connected to the official dock
I am dual-booting a Steam Deck with SteamOS and Windows 11, and using the official dock with external monitors (or at least I'm trying).
Every SteamOS and dock firmware update is installed (stable ...
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How to properly attach a PiKVM to a workstation that will be operated remotely as well as locally?
I have a workstation at a customer's place that I would like to operate remotely as well as locally. I have full access into the customer's network via VPN. The graphics adapter in the workstation has ...
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Two Generic Pnp Monitors in Device manager: how to tell which is which?
My device manager shows me two similarly titled "Generic Pnp Monitor".
I have a laptop and a Samsung g4 odyssey monitor connected to it.
The problem is when I tried installing driver for ...
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Connecting an external monitor to an ASUS Vivobook using USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C® port using the Baseus portal joy 13-port hub BS-OH119
I need to be able to connect two external monitors to my laptop: ASUS VIVOBook X415EA_F14400EZ.
This laptop only has one HDMI Port but it does have one USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C® port. Does anyone know the ...
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RDP Windows pop-ups hiding behind parent RDP window when clicking on another RDP session on another monitor [closed]
I am hosting multiple remote desktop connections using the Remote Desktop Connections app. I have one session on each monitor (two monitors, two sessions). If I bring up a pop-up window within each ...
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Open a Windows app on specific monitor from a shortcut or command line
I need to open an app on specific monitor immediately, either from from a shortcut or command line, and eventually, via a hotkey. A free third-party utility would be good.
Moving a window manually ...
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How do I automate disabling and enabling a monitor on the Windows Settings?
I want to automate this function in Windows Settings.
Nirsoft's Multi-monitor tool works for the first part of disabling the monitor, but after it disables it, the monitor disappears from the list ...
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Windows 10 - Third monitor not activated
I am facing a problem with detection and activation of the third monitor connected to my computer. The setting is the following:
Graphics card is a Strix RX580.
2 monitors connected via display port
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Monitor fazing rainbow and then completely black, but Windows still detect it
My second monitor (Viewsonic 27" VX2718-PC-MHD) one day started fazing rainbow, turned white and then black with backlight monitor on, and it's still like that till this day.
The thing is, my PC ...
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VirtualBox: Kali Linux guest VM dual monitor issues
The following question serves to ask for any possible solutions, and to also share the workarounds I have found
I have a host machine running Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS with dual monitor. I have booted up ...
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External monitor on a Macbook Pro 14" goes into low power mode after a few minutes
My 2023 14-inch MacBook Pro with an Apple M3 Pro chip, all updates applied, is connected to two Dell screens: Dell S2721DGF (screen 1) and Dell S2725DS (screen 2). Screen 1 is connected via an HDMI ...
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Restart graphics driver in Ubuntu
Windows has the Win + Ctrl + Shift + R keyboard shortcut. Is there anything equivalent for Ubuntu?
I have a Windows Desktop and Ubuntu laptop that I am using through a KVM on multiple monitors. When ...
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Windows 11, display resolution to 75% [duplicate]
coming for help as I am not sure that can be done, as I have not found a easy way to it
Scenario: I have a good sight, so my monitor is a 4K with 100% zoom, plenty od space for apps, and so on My ...
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Abilities of old (Intel) MacBook Pro to handle 4k external monitors
I have an old Intel MacBook Pro and need help understanding how much graphics power it has to handle external monitors.
I currently use my 2017 15in MacBook Pro (with Radeon Pro 560 4GB graphics) with ...
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Changing BIOS from PEG to IGD made it impossible to enter BIOS
I have a CPU Intel 10400. It has integrated graphics.
I've been using that iGPU for years, with two monitors plugged into motherboard (using HDMI-HDMI and VGA-HDMI cables) until I recently bought RX ...
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Issue with black screen in monitor
I have a dvi to dvi cable that goes from my monitor into my USB-C docking station, then I use a usb c to usb c cable to connect the docking station into my laptop.
My laptop has two graphic cards : ...
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explorer.exe freezing when right clicking desktop with 2 monitors
Since I added a second monitor to my computer, when right clicking the desktop and trying to bring the context menu, the desktop and all other explorer.exe windows will freeze for ~5 seconds before ...
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Why doesn't brightness change on external display on Windows 11?
I have a laptop with an external display and when I try to change brightness in Windows 11 it changes only on built in display.
Night light works thought.
I'd change brightness with monitor menu, but ...
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Is it possible to use an external monitor with a laptop without the dedicated GPU? [closed]
I bought a new monitor to use with my laptop and I noticed that it is using the Nvidia GPU in my laptop.
I'm using the Acer Nitro AN515-57 along with the HP Omen 24.
If I'm not mistaken, I'm pretty ...
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PC monitor loses signal when i turn on my hdmi TV thats also connected to my GPU
Have been plagued with this for a long time now, LG C2 is connected to my 4090 through hdmi, every time my pc is on and i turn on the tv, my primary monitor (have 2 through DP) loses the signal, the ...
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Remote desktop using only some monitors (right not left)
I have a windows 11 workstation with 4 monitors. From left to right they are in order 3,1,2,0 (using mstsc /l). They are all different sizes (see image) but have a shared top.
I want to RDP using only ...
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Connecting MacBook Pro to Samsung 49" 5K Monitor
I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) and a Samsung LS49CG934SUXUF monitor. I want to achieve the most efficient and effective way to transfer the display between these two devices.
According to ...
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Rog Strix Scar III (G531GV) - No video signal to external monitor through USB3.1C port (DisplayPort)
As title says, I own a ROG Strix Scar III (G531GV 2019 model) and I want to connect on it two external monitors, first one through the HDMI port with an HDMI to HDMI cable (works without any problems) ...
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Getting AsRock BIOS to display on DP monitor not the HDMI monitor
I have a large monitor which has worked great since day 1. Two days ago I added a 7 inch display for ADA64 display and now whenever I boot the boot display goes there. Ever try and read a BIOS on a 7&...
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Connecting daisy-chained screens to two different computers via KVM
I have two screens daisy-chained to my work laptop in my WFH setup.
I wanted to ask if it's going to be possible to connect the screens ( or only one of them) to my own pc via KVM switch.
Laptop's ...
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monitor loses signal when moving program window to it (dual GPU) - happens on Windows/Linux
I have 6 monitors plugged into 2 GPUs using DisplayPort, and sometimes the monitor will lose signal when I move a window over to it. For example, I moved Firefox over and the monitor turned off (lost ...
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Second monitor detected but not working
I have a PC with Ubuntu 22 and a NVIDIA graphic card. When I plug the second monitor, it is detected but it stays black. The Xorg log show:
[ 54734.333] (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for
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Windows different scaling on multimonitor setup
I have a notebook (I think its 14") with a 1920x1080 resolution. Clearly things are too small and in the settings I have set a 125% resize in the screen option (and also a text size increase).
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Make external monitor primary in Extend mode by default programmatically
When I connect an external monitor to my laptop and choose "Extend these displays," Windows chooses the small laptop monitor as the main display by default.
How can I make Windows default to ...
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HDMI Output can’t display full HD resolution ON external monitor
I have a Dell Latitude 7320 laptop and want to extend the screen to my AIO PC Dell OptiPlex 7470 but in the PC it won't go full HD, just at 1366x720.
I've been use docking port to connect the HDMI ...
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Use Subset of Monitors in an RDP Session Initiated Through Gateway
So I've seen this article on using a subset of monitors in an RDP session. In my case, I have to log in through a gateway in my browser before clicking a link to open "Pulse Secure" which ...
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Is there a way to change the width of the resize handles on a window? Or restart the process "in charge" of resize handles?
Sonoma 14.3.1
I'm trying to resize a window and the handles are insanely small (narrow), like maybe 5 pixels. Which is very small on a 2560x1440 monitor. The weird thing: this is happening on one ...
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Trying to install windows 10 without a monitor [duplicate]
I'm trying to install windows 10 on a laptop with a broken screen. Normally I just have it plugged into a monitor via a HDMI cable, but while installing windows 10, it absolutely refuses to display on ...
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Ubuntu unplug second monitor causes black wallpaper on desktop
If I connect my Ubuntu laptop with HDMI to a secondary display configured to mirror the screen, then once I unplug the HDMI cable, my desktop wallpaper becomes black. I can still see the icons and I ...
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