how do I set my screen to display on 2 monitors and what card do I have to install?
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Well,\nThe Question is very vague.\n\nI believe we donot require any card for this,if you have connected the two monitors to a Laptop or a PC.\n\n* Try pressing the buttons <ctrl>,<alt> and <F1> simultaneously.\n* Try doing this at least 3 to 4 times.\n* This helps to toggle between the two screens.\n\nhope this works.
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you need to purchase a 128MB video card...like the GeForce 5200 or 5500\n\ngo to tigerdirect.com they have plenty.\n\nyou will need an open AGP or PCI slot.....
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1. Connect the S-Video cable on both laptop and TV in any order (first or second is irrelevant)!..\n\n2. Find the icon which belongs to your video card in your computer (mine is ATI), make right click on it. Then follow to  "settings" tab, and then left click on the "display settings tab".\n\n3. On the "multiple monitors" "pop out window" click on the "display" tab and then press on the TV button!..\n\nAt the end of this step you have to be able to see your computer desktop on your TV!...Your TV has to be in a specific channel (mine works on the 00 channel which is were I get the signal. -For some TVs might work on 3 or 4, or maybe you have to find it and surf all available channels in your TV-)!...\n\nIf your whole desktop or the whole full screen of your movie can't be seen on your TV, then you need to right click on your desktop and click on "properties", and on the "Display properties" tab adjust the resolution (mine works on the 1024x768 pixels - My TV is a 27 inch-)!...\n\nGood Luck!...
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Some cards only need setting to show data on both displays Tv + Monitor, normally they only display on one device also some cards can't display on both, only one device is support at a time.
464467
Your Monitor is set to vertical Spanning (The Graphics CArd thinks you are using two MOnitors) When The mouse is moved to the right it was suppose to appear on the second screen.\n\nUse the Graphics properties to turn of Vertical Spanning.
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you can't have 2 graphics card at the same time in that computer (they would confusing each other). for that purpose you need a SLI mainboard.
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First and easiest thing to try is downloading and installing the newest version of your video card's drivers.  Check your Device Manager under "Display Adapters" for the model, then go to the manufacturer's website and find the appropriate driver.\n\nI could give you more details if I knew the model of the card.
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The first thing that I would do is re-install the video card drivers. \n\n(I would not rely on Windows to be correct, since you can't make changes, so if necessary, I wold open the Pc and determine the exact make and model of the video card.  If you have an onboard video adapater, then I would go to the manufactors web site to identify) \n\nOnce I installed new video drivers, I would check to make sure that the video card has the ability to change and display different video modes. (640X480, etc.) You can change that via the Adapters settings in the Display window. \n\nProperties: To access the hardware properties for your video card or on-board video hardware, click the Properties button. This is the same properties window that can be accessed through Device Manager. \nList all Modes: This useful feature lists all the supported graphic resolutions and refresh rates that can be sent to the monitor by the video card or on-board video hardware. You can use the list of valid modes to find a mode that is compatible with the monitor you are using. Once a compatible mode is found, you can change the refresh rate from the monitor tab, and the display resolution from the settings tab of the basic display properties window.
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well, there are two ways...you can either buy a graphics card with two outputs or you can buy a splitter though you'll have to buy an extra cable to connect your pc to the splitter. Probably the best place to find either one would be online(i.e. mwave or newegg). Plus online will probably be cheaper...even with shipping.\nIf you get a card that has two outputs, it will come with the necessary software in order to do what you're talking about...for example, i'm using an nvidia 6600gt. The software that it came with integrates with your display settings and it allows you to choose from a clone(the same display on both monitors), span(extended desktop) or a dual view(like a span but treats each display as a separate device, so the taskbar won't stretch across both displays). If you get a card similar to this one, you will not need to buy a cable to do the conversion.
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you'll need to buy a video card, right now you have on-board graphics...  go with a ATI or N-VIDIA card
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Simply enough, if you have the money for it, do it. It's called SLI, Nvidia came out with it. An SLI capable motherboard will have 2 pci-express slots, in which you can put 2 video cards and connect them with a bridge (DON'T get the ones that claim to work without a bridge, through software, they're not nearly as good) Even if you don't want to spend the money right now, I suggest still getting an SLI capable motherboard and one SLI capable video card. You can always use just one for now and get another later, if you do.\n\nEdit: Guys, we're not talking about have 2 monitors, we're talking about using two video cards in tandem, for increased performance in graphics-heavy things, games especially. It's called SLI, look it up.
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Do you have the drivers for your monitor installed to the computer? Mine did the same thing before i had them installed and also would not let me change the resolution.Try that
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Good question.\n\nIf you want an easy way of doing it, I would recommend buying a video card that supports two monitor adapters. This way you can hook up the two monitors and all you need to do then is a little setup\n\nWhat you need to do under Windows Xp is to right click on your desktop and go to properties. Once you are at properties, select the settings tab. Once both monitors are hooked up, you will see a drop down box for selecting the monitors. Select the second monitor from the drop down list. Once you select it you will see a checkbox that says "extend my windows desktop to this monitor". Make sure the checkbox is checked and click ok. Then that's it. Have Fun!
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If you mean adding monitors to your system there are a couple of things you can do. One is buy a card with multiple heads, or connections for display. Most cards you can get at the store are dual-head and have either two VGA connectors or a VGA (The blue connector coming out of your monitor) and a DVI. You can get an adapter for the DVI to make it VGA.\n\nThen on the internet you could get professional cards with up to 4 heads. (A Matrox for example.)\n\nSecond you can put an extra video card in, even though only some card types can work that way. (Matrox again)
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I think some video cards support multiple desktops. maybe yours do too.
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they say it is best to disable it but I never have and it workd fine. The first time I disabled it, I couldnt see anything that I was doing as far as installing the driver forthe new video card. But now I know. If you have a pci, pci express or agp slot video card, just pop it in, install the driver and then go into your settings, right click on the desktop, then hit properties, then go to settings. There will be a drop down list of your video cards, pick the new one, then check "Use this device as my primary monitor" and "Extend my Windows desktop to this monitor" Then apply and ok, the screen will go blankm then you unplug the monitor from the old one and put it in the new one you just installed. Then you can mess around with the settings like resolution etc.
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yo need to insall your ati drivers, it is in a vga compatibility mode