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2 video cards & want both to show pri display

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Name: mmartenn
Date: September 28, 2009 at 15:45:00 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
Subcategory: Hardware Problems
Tags: XP, video, Display, ATI, monitor
Comment:

I have two ATI Radeon HD 4350 video cards with
a monitor connected to one via DVI and a Wacom
tablet on the other via DVI. How can I set it up for
both displays to be the primary display?



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Response Number 1
Name: wanderer
Date: September 28, 2009 at 15:48:25 Pacific
Reply:

You can't make both primary. You can make them both display the same thing.


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Response Number 2
Name: mmartenn
Date: September 28, 2009 at 15:54:38 Pacific
Reply:

wanderer,

How do you do that?


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Response Number 3
Name: wanderer
Date: September 28, 2009 at 16:00:05 Pacific
Reply:

Each video card is different as is the display its connected to.

You should be able to get both to display the same thing. Usually this is by default.

You don't want to span monitors, extend desktop or anything like that.


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Response Number 4
Name: aegis1
Date: September 28, 2009 at 16:44:37 Pacific
Reply:

An alternative would be to get a 'Y" splitter cable and hook them both up to the same output.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...


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Response Number 5
Name: wanderer
Date: September 29, 2009 at 09:14:20 Pacific
Reply:

I am sorry. I misread your post. I thought you had a dual headed video card.

You have TWO video cards. Should be no problem to set each as primary.

What exactly is the issue you are having doing so?


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Response Number 6
Name: mmartenn
Date: September 29, 2009 at 09:24:18 Pacific
Reply:

Wanderer,

Ya two cards. I am realizing I should of went with Nvidia instead
of ATI. Windows wont let you choose two primary monitors. My
goal is to have both monitors mirrored except that one is set to a
slight higher resolution.


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