[Ham-Computers] Multiple displays?

[Philip (KO6BB)]

Thank you Jeff,

I hooked it up last night and it's working just like you said.  The Radeon 
video card has an "odd" connector, longer than the usual video connector for 
the second monitor, but Systemax had provided an adapter when I bought the 
computer two years ago.

Due to desk space I had to arrange them a little oddly, main (#1) monitor on 
my radio table, just to the left of the FT-2000, secondary on the shelf 
above and to the right.  I have the mouse set so the "transition" is upper 
right corner of #1 to lower left corner of #2, and this looks like it's 
going to work out well.  Number two is
"Angled down" so that when I glance up, OR just look up over the top of my 
glasses I can see it clearly

WOW, I don't know why I didn't do this before, it's really convenient! 
Number one (lower left) is my primary working one and I don't mine having 
everything open there, then drag it around as I want it.

73 de Phil,  KO6BB
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jeff" <jeffv at op.net>


> Philip (KO6BB) wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I know, I'm always coming up with "off the wall" questions ;-)  Since I
>> replaced the wife's old desktop with a laptop, I have an "extra" 17" LCD
>> display I can put to use IF it's beneficial.
>>
>> The video card (Radeon X300) supports two monitors, the operating system 
>> is
>> XP Pro, the machine has an Intel 3.6GHz dual core processor, and 4GB RAM
>> (only 3GB actually in use by the OS).
>
> Shouldn't be a big deal, Philip.  I've done it a bunch of times with
> various hardware of various operating systems.
>
> You are fortunate in that the existing card supports two monitors.
> Plug the 2nd monitor in, boot up the computer and it should be
> recognized.  You can set up the orientation (left,right,above,below) and
> resolution(s) by clicking on the desktop, choosing properties, and the
> rightmost tab (I forget what it's called and am not using Windows now).
>
> What I find frustrating with this setup is that you have a lot of
> difficulty controlling where things open.  I find things generally open
> on the `wrong' desktop when I click on them.  This is particularly
> annoying as they open for me on the desktop on top of the one I clicked
> and I have to remember to look UP to see if anything opened.
>
> If things don't cooperate immediately, make sure you have the latest
> drivers.  I haven't had a lot of trouble with XP and multiple monitors.
>  You should not experience any significant performance hit.  You will
> LOVE having 2 monitors.  Technically, XP will support up to ten.  I have
> used four.
>
> If anyone wants to try this on linux, pray that you don't have an ATI
> video card.