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I'm currently using win 7 64bit with a PowerColor AMD Radeon R7 260x gfx card. Gfx card has duel DVI hook ups.

I have a new(er) Dell 2007FP monitor hooked up via a VGA to DVI converter which works fine. The driver is "DELL 2007FP (Analog)

I am now trying to hook up my older 2001FP Dell Monitor via the 2nd DVI port for multi-monitor support. However windows is not detecting the 2nd moniter. (there does not appear to be a driver associated with it.)

When I boot up both moniter flash my BIOS screen and the loading windows display. So I know the 2nd monitor is working fine.

I have read that I might need a generic PNP driver for the 2001FP but im not sure?? Shouldn't that be auto-detected?

Any advice or suggestions??
 
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Very strange. There must be something odd about the Dell monitor from that era. I have been doing a little research and found others with similar problems with that particular model from 2001. For some reason (?) Dell only lists that monitor as compatible with 2000 and XP: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverid=53V0X
It must have been built before PnP devices were commonplace. All monitors today are plug n play and need no drivers.

You could hook both monitors back up and run this Win7 compatibility checker to see if it IDs the monitor and makes a suggestion: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20

Do you have...
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Don't worry about a monitor driver right now. With both monitors turned on and connected, Right click on the desktop and select screen resolution and open the drop down menu for multiple displays. Does it offer more than one display? If so, click on duplicate displays and see if the 2nd monitor shows the same image.

They are both 1600x1200 resolution, right?
 
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Yes, resolution is the same. However that option is not available in the drop down menu. I can only select the 2007fp.

 
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Very strange. There must be something odd about the Dell monitor from that era. I have been doing a little research and found others with similar problems with that particular model from 2001. For some reason (?) Dell only lists that monitor as compatible with 2000 and XP: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverid=53V0X
It must have been built before PnP devices were commonplace. All monitors today are plug n play and need no drivers.

You could hook both monitors back up and run this Win7 compatibility checker to see if it IDs the monitor and makes a suggestion: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20

Do you have Win7 32 bit? You might be able to use the XP 32 bit driver.

If all else fails, it may be time to move to a newer monitor.
 
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