Display settings offers me the choice of 2 monitors
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Display settings offers me the choice of 2 monitors
Hi All
I recently installed a GE Force FX5200 graphics card on my sons PC. He is running XP Home Sp2 Since installation when I select control panel/display/settings I am given the option to select a second monitor. Is this normal ? The only monitor attached to the PC is connected to the new graphics card so I have no idea why the system would think there are now 2 monitors attached. The system is operating fine, but is there a way I can get rid of this option for the second monitor and get the 'settings' tab back to how it used to look ?
Thanks in advance.
I recently installed a GE Force FX5200 graphics card on my sons PC. He is running XP Home Sp2 Since installation when I select control panel/display/settings I am given the option to select a second monitor. Is this normal ? The only monitor attached to the PC is connected to the new graphics card so I have no idea why the system would think there are now 2 monitors attached. The system is operating fine, but is there a way I can get rid of this option for the second monitor and get the 'settings' tab back to how it used to look ?
Thanks in advance.
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Sounds like you have a "Dual Header" A lot of vid cards (nearly all nowadays) have the facility for a second monitor/line out to TV etc. It can be quite useful too. I can only speak for myself, but I would just leave things as they are and if you ever need to hook up a second screen so that you can monitor TWO Pprune forums at once, then you now know how to do it.
Cheers,
Conan
Cheers,
Conan
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Whiz,
The front of the card shows a DVI port as well as TV out - in addition to a standard VGA interface. The adapter noted as included allows you to utilize the nView multi-monitor support that coordinates the use of two displays for one machine. Nice.
The front of the card shows a DVI port as well as TV out - in addition to a standard VGA interface. The adapter noted as included allows you to utilize the nView multi-monitor support that coordinates the use of two displays for one machine. Nice.
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From: Cardiff ex GLA
The front of the card shows a DVI port as well as TV out - in addition to a standard VGA interface. The adapter noted as included allows you to utilize the nView multi-monitor support that coordinates the use of two displays for one machine. Nice.
I thought I was buying a common or garden graphics card so he could play 'Far Cry' without the grass being white due to the on-board graphics being cr*p.Thanks all, I shall leave the settings be and gaze proudly at my DVI,TVout, VGA super duper wonder widget
