Good afternoon all,
I am having some troulbe using a Radeon 7000 card in Windows 2000 for Dual Monitor support with extended desktop.

This card has a VGA output and a DVI outpupt(Which I am using a DVI to VGA adapter on) that I am connecting to two Planar 19' Flat pannels.

Both screens are working, but it is not extending the desktop, rather it is extending everything. It is working as if I have one big monitor, with the taskbar extending trew both screens. This is not what I want. I just want the desktop to be extended.

When I go to the Display properties ang go to the settings tab, under display it only shows one monitor and it reads: (Multiple Monitor) on Radeon 7000 Series.

With the exact same card on a Windows XP machine it gives me a drop down box showing two monitors which is what I want.

Does anyone know how to get this in Windows 2000?

Your help is greatly appreicated.

Thanks in advance,

-Mario-

Have you installed the Radeon driver package?

Yes, I have installed the Radeon package, but that does not have the option for "Extended Desktop". The closest thing to that is to Expand the entire screen onto two monitors. (Start menu and all items stretch accross two screens 1600X600)

This is not what I want. I want just the desktop to be extended.

Thanks,

-Mario-

Do you mean clone the display to the second display? Part of the Radeon software package is Hydravision. Take a look at Hydavision. You can do pretty much anything you wish with your displays when using that program.

I also have an nvidia card with dual monitor support on windows 2000. I have no problems with using the second monitor as an extended desktop (not a clone, which is what you have).

All I can think of is that you haven't installed it correctly.

You have to install the drivers for the card AND the dual monitor support driver. They are two different things on the same driver disk.

Then you get the options in display>settings with both monitors. You can select one as the primary display, then select to other one to be your extended desktop. There is nothing to it :-)

Marky81,
I have used a Dual Nvidia card on a 2000 computer that worked fine. The difference is that the Nvidia card has two VGA outputs designed specificaly for Dual Monitor Support.

I am usning an ATI Radeon 7000 card. (Different company) It has a VGA output, a DVI output, and a S-Video output. It is not specificaly designed for dual monitor support, but it should work. (Or has worked with me and WinXP)

Your help is appreicated,

Thanks,

-Mario-