dual monitors on Win2k

jaydee

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Tried to post this in the video forum, but that category disappeared when I logged in?

Anyway, I just got an ATI FireGL T2-128MB at work and am trying to hook it up with a couple Dell LCD's. All I can figure out how to do is run it as one wide 2560x1024 screen or as clones. On my ATI 9600XT AIW running on WinXP at home, I can run two LCD's as seperate desktops with independent control over resolutions, but I can't seem to do that here. Does it have to do with Win2k, or what's going on here?

TIA,
Jim
 

Demon-Xanth

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I run 2 CRTs in Win2k w/ a 9200SE. Check to make sure the extra features aren't enabled, then go into the display settings and click "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor."
 

jaydee

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Umm... extra features? Care to elaborate?

In my display properties only one monitor is shown and the screen area is at 2560x1024. Clicking into advanced, I get ATI's special display properties, but I can't see anything that will allow me to go independent with the monitors.
 

Demon-Xanth

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I'm not going to be at my home PC until tommarow, but if someone doesn't reply first I'll look then. iirc there is a set that will allow them to be treated differently.

Now, if you HAVEN'T updated your drivers lately, do that. I run Win2k at my work with a G400, and the earlier drivers didn't have an option for running the displays seperated. Matrox was the first one to get 2K to do that, but since nVidia and ATI have both done that.

One thing you might try if you did that would be to boot with a single display, set it up all good. Then plug in the other.
 

Demon-Xanth

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hmm, I can't figure out how to run it as one large one. The clone part is in the control center. Maybe it's because I'm using the VGA+(DVI-VGA adapter) and you're probably doing DVI+DVI.
 

jaydee

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Ya, all I can get it to do is run as one large monitor. The card has a DVI and VGA and I've got a vga-dvi adapter as both monitors have only VGA.

Now in my control center there are three options in the display tab: monitor, monitor, fpd and the fpd is not connected, I assume it's because I'm using an adapter for the DVI port? If I had a true DVI monitor do you think this would solve my problem maybe?

Again, I'm not on the gaming line of cards, this is a FireGL T2.

Thanks,
Jim
 

letdown427

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I run 2kpro. I had dual monitors on a 9800pro for a while, one vga, one dvi-vga adapter. No problems there.

Now using a 7900gtx with the same config, so dvi adapte is not the problem.

I don't remember whether running different resolutions was available at home, as I have 17 and 18 inch tfts, which are both 12x10 native. At work though, I've tried dual monitors on my 9600pro and it worked fine aswell. That's XP though.

Must be a setting you're missing or something? When you get the option to stick them as one big desktop, there was(for me) also the option of either cloning the main display, or just extended the desktop onto the second one? Sorry I can't give some concrete directions, but rest assured, it can be done with what you have!
 

jaydee

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Well, haven't been able to get the two monitor icons to show up on the display setup (and thus still have one taskbar running across the bottom of both screens), but I was able to play around with the hydravision settings enough to get windows to snap back and forth between monitors and expand to monitor limits instead of stretched wide between the two, so I guess I'm ok with it.

Called ATI tech support and they just said that's best I can do for Windows 2000.

Thanks for the help guys,
Jim