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I have a Matrox Millenium G550 card, and want to use a second monitor. My main monitor is a 21" Sony, the second is a 17" Dell. I am running Windows 2000 SP3.
When I connect the Dell monitor and start my computer, the Dell does not show up in Display Properties. I can, however, click Advanced, and choose DualHead. (I think this is Matrox Power Desk) That makes the second monitor wake up, but I since I am using 1600 x 1200 for my 21", I have to set the resolution to 3200 x 1200. Running a cheap 17" at 1600 x 1200 of course makes it useless, it’s impossible to read anything. And I don’t want to go below 1600 x 1200 on the 21".
In Windows Help it says that you can run two monitors at different resolutions, which is what I want to do. 1024 x 768 would probably be OK for the 17". But Windows doesn’t seem to be aware of the new monitor – there is only one monitor icon in Display properties.
Does somebody know what to do? I could always use an old PCI card for the 17", but it’s alot more covenient to use the dual head.
When I connect the Dell monitor and start my computer, the Dell does not show up in Display Properties. I can, however, click Advanced, and choose DualHead. (I think this is Matrox Power Desk) That makes the second monitor wake up, but I since I am using 1600 x 1200 for my 21", I have to set the resolution to 3200 x 1200. Running a cheap 17" at 1600 x 1200 of course makes it useless, it’s impossible to read anything. And I don’t want to go below 1600 x 1200 on the 21".
In Windows Help it says that you can run two monitors at different resolutions, which is what I want to do. 1024 x 768 would probably be OK for the 17". But Windows doesn’t seem to be aware of the new monitor – there is only one monitor icon in Display properties.
Does somebody know what to do? I could always use an old PCI card for the 17", but it’s alot more covenient to use the dual head.
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