Ken - N9VV wrote: > Hi Jim, I did exactly what you are suggesting. > (1) YES you can run multiple monitors from the single video card (I am > doing it right now on this Dell Dimension 5150). One is connected to the > digital DVI connector, and the other is analog connector of my ATI > Radeon X600 video card. > (2) You use the RIGHT CLICK --> Properties --> Settings to get this all > working properly. > > On the settings display you need to do three things: > (a) click on IDENTITY to see the huge numerals 1 and 2 appear on your > monitors. > (b) Then use your mouse to drag the 1 and 2 boxes around on your Display > Properties window to get them in the proper left/right order. > (c) there are two click boxes lower in the control window. One selects > the PRIMARY display, the other selects the EXTENDED display. For > example, select the DISPLAY (1) and use it as your primary. Select > Display 2 and use it as your extended display. Click OK and away you go. > > You may want different backgrounds on each display. Let me know how you > figure that out. It doesn't seem to be a feature of the XP window manager. > > o.k.? > BK de ken n9vv > > > Jim, W4ATK wrote: >> I have a PCI-E graphics adapter card that has a VGA and a DVI connector >> on >> it. One of the guys at the local emporium of mis-information told me, I >> could run two monitors off of this card and have an expanded desktop. >> All, I have been able to get going is a "clone" of the original monitor >> and >> no ability to expand the desktop. >> I would like to, say, have PowerSDR on the right monitor and MixW on the >> left. >> If anybody out there in Flex-Land is doing this, I would appreciate your >> sharing your setup with me. >> >> 73 Jim, W4ATK >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FlexRadio mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >> Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >> FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com >
When I used my Mac's full time I use to have three monitors on it sometimes four, and it was quite handy. I did a lot of video creation and editing. Although, I must warn you that many early PC video cards with two connectors did not support two monitors with different content at the same time, it was more of a built in cable adapter. Many modern PC's will allow two desktops and I have that at work and it's very useful. -- Cecil KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com www.hpsdr.com "Sacred Cows make the best Hamburger!" Don Seglio Batuna _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
