Multiple monitors and ATI Graphics card - problems...

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DaveW



"MarkE" <mark_r_ellison@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Wonder if any techy folk can help with this? Thought I'd be able to
> sort it myself but I've been pulling my hair out over it...
>
> My Dad has just got a new PC for doing video editing. It reports that
> it's got an ATI Radeon X300 graphics card with D-SUB (old-style VGA)
> and DVI output ports on the back.
>
> He's got 2 Iiyama TFT monitors wired up to it, each of which have D-SUB
> and DVI-D inputs on the back. We want to get it so that the Windows
> desktop is spanned across both monitors but am having problems...
>
> Monitor 1 is connected from the D-SUB port on the graphics card to the
> D-SUB on the monitor. This works OK.
>
> If I connect Monitor 2 with a DVI cable from the DVI port on the
> graphics card to the DVI port on the monitor, Monitor 2 says no signal
> and refuses to come out of standby.
>
> If I connect Monitor 2 with a D-SUB cable from the monitor to the DVI
> port on the graphics card via a D-SUB to DVI adapter, the display
> appears but is a clone of what is seen on Monitor 1. Going into Windows
> display settings, Windows is showing 2 adapters (the X300 and a
> secondary) and 2 monitors (1 and 2) , but when I try and activate #2,
> it changes from being ghosted to "live" and then almost immediately
> goes back to being ghosted again. I can set "Extend my desktop", but
> both monitors don't change from showing the same image.
>
> Apologies for the long-windedness.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>