Alain Breault 2009-07-30 03:04
My hardware configuration is an Acer Aspire 7720 laptop with NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS video and 2 Samsung SyncMaster 204T monitors connected via the VGA port on the laptop using a VGA splitter cable. The OS is Vista Home Premium.
I currently use one monitor as the primary and the laptop screen as the secondary through windows. My problem is that the second monitor "mirrors" the first monitor. I want the second monitor to be an extension of the first monitor.
Would ultramon allow me to run the second monitor as an extension of the first monitor which is my primary?
Alain Breault
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Alain Breault 2009-07-30 03:26
Forgot to add in the first thread that my Aspire laptop also has a DVI-D port.
Alain Breault
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Rick 2009-07-30 09:47
My friend, I don't think what you are trying to do is possible. If I read your post correctly, you have a splitter coming out of a single VGA output from your laptop. The BEST you can accomplish with one output is mirror. You would have to have separate video outputs, therefore separate signals, to be able to extend your desktop across the two monitors.
You can still accomplish this, even though your laptop has only one output. There are USB adapters available that you can plug in and run your second monitor directly from. They are available with various resolutions - the higher the price, USUALLY the better resolution. I am not sure where you are from, but the prices I've seen range from $70 and up.
I hope this helps.
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Rick 2009-07-30 09:48
LOL, I missed your second post. In that case, as long as one of your monitors has a DVI input, then use a separate cable to connect it.
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Christian Studer 2009-07-30 11:01
UltraMon itself can't do this, you might need additional hardware as Rick said.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Alain Breault 2009-07-30 12:17
Rick and Christian, thank you for your replies.
Rick, I live in southern New Hampshire about an hour north of Boston, MA.
I will try the DVI-D connection for the second monitor and let you know how it went.
Alain Breault
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Alain Breault 2009-07-31 01:34
Rick and Christian,
I have tried connecting the second monitor to the DVI-D port. The first monitor is still connected to the VGA port.
The NVIDIA software did recognize the second monitor and gave me additional choices for multiple monitors (laptop and monitor 1, laptop and monitor 2, monitor 1 and monitor 2). The problem is it did not give me a choice for the laptop and both monitors. I used the "Detect Missing Display" utility which was not helpful. I did not use the "Force Television Detection" utility since I do not have a TV.
Am I having this problem because of possible limitations of the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS card?
Can you tell me more about these USB video cards as a fallback solution. I would need to attain a 1200 x 1600 resolution. Cost is not an issue.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am a 50 year old certified public accountant who's tired eyes need more desktop area and high resolutions.
Thanks Again!
Alain Breault
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Christian Studer 2009-07-31 07:52
The laptop's video card only supports 2 monitors at a time, if you want to use all 3 you would need a USB or PCMCIA video card.
USB video cards are easy to install, the drawback is that they use some processing power, and 3D graphics usually aren't supported. 1600x1200 should work, for example the ViBook supports this.
Christian Studer - www.realtimesoft.com
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Chuck Cowley 2010-08-18 16:22
All --
So I am uncertain how this discussion concluded. I have the same issue as Alain but with a Sony Vaio SZ 330P/B.
At home I have it hooked up to a docking station which has an SVA port (sva mon), and a DVI-D port (dvi mon) and of course the laptop has a monitor (lap mon).
Both monitors are the same Viewsonic VX2433wm.
I has been running the lap mon with the sva mon.
In the hopes of having a second desktop monitor, this evening I added pluged in the dvi mon and open my NVIDIA software. Like Alain, NVIDIA did recognize the second monitor and gave me additional choices for multiple monitors ("laptop and monitor 1, laptop and monitor 2, monitor 1 and monitor 2 etc"). It did not give me a choice for the laptop and both monitors. I also used the "Detect Missing Display" utility which was not helpful. I did not use the "Force Television Detection" utility since neither of my monitors are TV.
Having heard of Ultramon I then downloaded it. Unfortunately, it does not recognize all three of the monitors only the two that I have selected in the NVIDIA program. Elsewhere on the Ultramon site I believe I read that others have hooked up as many as 10 monitors with one video card.
I have a NVIDIA "geForce" Go 7400 with "turbocache" supporting 128MB and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with 128MB dynamically shared (RAM/Video) memory.
My specs go on to tell me that the Graphics Interface is a VGA oout with a smart Display Sensor.
Thank you in advanved for your input.
Chuck --
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