Dual Screen Issue

[Steve Gunn]

Hi everybody,

I've had this e-GeForce 7600 GT Graphics card made by Evga and Nvidia.
And I have this other screen that I just got, wanted too hook it up and dual screen with. Can anybody help?

Here are the specs:

DDR 2
512 MB
AGP 8X
has a DVI input, that is currently in use.
And an VGA input.
All video Software is installed.

 

[nickc]

if both monitors use DVI get an adapter to conver the other connector. that is all it would take.

 

[Steve Gunn]

I have the adapter. It won't read the screen for some reason.

 

[Didou]

Once the screen is hooked to the VGA output (it's not an input), you have to activate it from the Display Preferences or from within the nView utility.

 

[Steve Gunn]

Yea, I went to go and do that, but the screen doesn't show up. It's like its not connected.

 

[Didou]

So when you turn on the 2nd monitor it goes into sleep/standby ?

 

[Steve Gunn]

yea, but in the software I have you chose the other monitor, so when I go to chose my second monitor, its not there...

 

[nickc]

have u tested the other monitor to make sure it is still working, it sounds like it is not.

 

[Steve Gunn]

yea its still working..

 

[Didou]

The monitor needs to be powered on during the boot in order for the operating system to detect its presence. Is that the case here ?

 

[Steve Gunn]

It's on when I boot it...The Windows logo shows up on both screens but then goes to sleep after booting.

 

[Didou]

Ah, that's already a different story. Are your nVidia drivers recent ?

 

[Steve Gunn]

yea, I just finished updating them.

 

[Didou]

Goin the Desktop management part of the nVidia control panel & then launch the Display Wizard. See if you can get it up & running from there.

 

[Steve Gunn]

I don't have the Display Wizard in my Desktop Management Section.

 

[Steve Gunn]

Do Both Monitors have to be plugged in for the Display Wizard to show up?

 

[Didou]

Well you had better have both screen plugged in & powered on constantly if you want to have a dual view configuration.

 

[Steve Gunn]

I know, but my Display Wizard is not showing up...what could cause that?

 

[nismo91]

perhaps you need to uninstall and install the whole nVidia drivers again...

 

[Steve Gunn]

Already did that.

 

[Grafficks]

Try setting it in Windows settings.
Right click your desktop and click Properties. Go to the "Display Properties" tab and you should see two squares labeled 1 and 2. These are your two monitors.

Play around with the settings here. Right click monitor #2 and click Activate (or something along that context, I don't recall the actual settings). The settings in this dialog alone should allow you to set each of the possible dual-monitor scenarios.

 

[Steve Gunn]

hey everyone. I got both screens running, but its stretched...is it supposed to be that way? I'm not sure if its supposed to be that way.

 

[Steve Gunn]

Nevermind guys I got it to work.

 

[Steve Gunn]

But now I got another problem. How can I set the desktop screensavers to 2 different screen savers?

 

[Gavin_Capacitor]

But now I got another problem. How can I set the desktop screensavers to 2 different screen savers?

you cant. there might be a 3rd party app out there somewhere, but ive never heard of it.