Fire GL 8800 with dual monitors

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I'm new to the whole dual monitor thing, so please have mercy on my
newbie soul! I finally decided to add a 2nd monitor to my desktop, the
idea being that I would keep Firefox and Eudora on the 19" and my CAD
program on the larger 21". I have both monitors hooked to the Fire GL
8800, but the best I can do is get a clone of the main monitor. While
I'm proud that both screens work, I don't need 2 of the same thing.
I've gone over the ATI help files, but still can't create an extended
desktop. Am I doing something wrong, or do I need to add an additional
card to make this work? Thanks.

 

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No matter where I search, I can't find that as an option. Under
<Display Properties: Settings> I get <Display: (Multiple Monitors) on
ATI FireGL 8800>, along with the options to set Screen Resolution and
Color Quality. According to the help menu, the Extended option should
be here, but isn't.

The Advanced button takes me to the next set of tabs (General, Adapter,
Monitor, Troubleshoot, Color Management, ATI Displays, ATI Color, ATI
Options, ATI Configuration, ATI Advanced Settings); all of which look
useful, but none seem to give me the desktop option. Under the "ATI
Monitor and ATI Displays" tabs, both monitors are recognized, but all I
can do is clone the display.

Is the OS (XP Pro) just not seeing the second monitor as an Extended
option, thus not giving me the option?

 

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Nope, none of that is even available. There's only one 'virtual
monitor' in the middle of the screen, not 2 or 3 like I've seen in the
Help files. On the UltraMon website, I see that someone else is
reporting exactly the same thing for this card, so I may be dead in the
water...

 

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By 'virtual monitor', I was referring to the monitor picture in the
middle of the Settings screen. Under Device Manager, both monitors are
visible.

 

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Yes and no. I had it installed, but removed it while trying to isolate
this situation. I was under the impression that it wasn't needed to run
the two monitors in expanded mode; but like I said, I'm a dual monitor
newbie and can't be trusted!

 

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<gatorgrabber@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm new to the whole dual monitor thing, so please have mercy on my
> newbie soul! I finally decided to add a 2nd monitor to my desktop, the
> idea being that I would keep Firefox and Eudora on the 19" and my CAD
> program on the larger 21". I have both monitors hooked to the Fire GL
> 8800, but the best I can do is get a clone of the main monitor. While
> I'm proud that both screens work, I don't need 2 of the same thing.
> I've gone over the ATI help files, but still can't create an extended
> desktop. Am I doing something wrong, or do I need to add an additional
> card to make this work? Thanks.
>
Are you running or have you installed ATI Hydravision?

 

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I've been thinking the same way you are, but none of the results have
changed. Various dual-monitor websites have reported the same problem,
so it might be the 8800. For $45 I'll solve the problem with a Matrox
G450 PCI card. Done!

 

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gatorgrabber@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm new to the whole dual monitor thing, so please have mercy on my
> newbie soul! I finally decided to add a 2nd monitor to my desktop, the
> idea being that I would keep Firefox and Eudora on the 19" and my CAD
> program on the larger 21". I have both monitors hooked to the Fire GL
> 8800, but the best I can do is get a clone of the main monitor. While
> I'm proud that both screens work, I don't need 2 of the same thing.
> I've gone over the ATI help files, but still can't create an extended
> desktop. Am I doing something wrong, or do I need to add an additional
> card to make this work? Thanks.

When you go to dual screen, remember to extend your desktop and set up
the theater mode options in the overlay panel.

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gatorgrabber@gmail.com wrote:
> No matter where I search, I can't find that as an option. Under
> <Display Properties: Settings> I get <Display: (Multiple Monitors) on
> ATI FireGL 8800>, along with the options to set Screen Resolution and
> Color Quality. According to the help menu, the Extended option should
> be here, but isn't.
>
> The Advanced button takes me to the next set of tabs (General, Adapter,
> Monitor, Troubleshoot, Color Management, ATI Displays, ATI Color, ATI
> Options, ATI Configuration, ATI Advanced Settings); all of which look
> useful, but none seem to give me the desktop option. Under the "ATI
> Monitor and ATI Displays" tabs, both monitors are recognized, but all I
> can do is clone the display.
>
> Is the OS (XP Pro) just not seeing the second monitor as an Extended
> option, thus not giving me the option?

I dunno. On that screen, I take it there are boxes labelled '1' and
'2', right?

Below the resolution slider should be:
"Use this device as the primary monitor"
"Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor"

They might be greyed.

If you click on box 2 on the region at the top of that tab, you should
see the extend one be ungreyed, and the ability to tick it.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/multimonitor.mspx

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gatorgrabber@gmail.com wrote:
> Nope, none of that is even available. There's only one 'virtual
> monitor' in the middle of the screen, not 2 or 3 like I've seen in the
> Help files. On the UltraMon website, I see that someone else is
> reporting exactly the same thing for this card, so I may be dead in the
> water...

Virtual monitor? Thats odd.

Perhaps there is a setting somewhere that has "merged" the two heads?

Are two display devices showing up in Device manager?

Both with monitors attached? (view devices by connection)

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gatorgrabber@gmail.com wrote:
> By 'virtual monitor', I was referring to the monitor picture in the
> middle of the Settings screen. Under Device Manager, both monitors are
> visible.

But there's only one "virtual" monitor?

I dunno. I would go with a clean install of the latest drivers.

I've never configured a FireGL, so it might just be different to the
Radeon driver, but this is all windows stuff, not driver stuff.

Very strange.

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gatorgrabber@gmail.com wrote:
> I've been thinking the same way you are, but none of the results have
> changed. Various dual-monitor websites have reported the same problem,
> so it might be the 8800. For $45 I'll solve the problem with a Matrox
> G450 PCI card. Done!

Fair enough, that should sort it right out.

Ben
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