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how to hook up 2 monitors?
Name: digipoet Date: May 28, 2006 at 13:28:52 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: p4 1g Product: dell
Comment:
got a new dell P4 with xp home. bought a dvi/vga adapter, plugged second monitor in, no image (monitor works). in cp/display/advanced no options point to the dvi connector....it seems that the VGA primary display is in both the primary and secondary boxes....thanks
Name: Sabertooth Date: May 28, 2006 at 15:10:55 Pacific
Reply:
First thing you wanna do is open the display properties under the settings tab click identify, you should see #'s 1 and 2 flash on the respective monitors.
Once you see that all you need to do is select display #2 and check the "extend my windows desktop onto this monitor" box
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