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- Jun 3, 2002
Here's the situation:
I have a laptop with an Ati Mobile Radeon X1600, I want to use the secondary output to have a dual screen system.
I hooked up the second screen to the DVI port, the screen came on, and the Ati configuration gave me options as to how I wanted to use it. I picked Clone, just toying with the settings. It cloned.
Then I decided that I wanted to simply extend the desktop. I opened the Ati config back up, uh oh--no more secondary display configuration options. I messed with it for a bit, shut down the PC, and went home for the day.
Came back the next day, and now I can't get the screen to come on at all, but I know for a fact that it works.
I reinstalled the drivers to the card, completely wiped out the old ones, even tried a system restore to the previous day. No dice.
I cannot use the Windows Display Settings to extend the screen, because when I select "Extend my desktop" and hit OK, the laptop screen goes out for a few seconds, then comes back. "Your settings have been changed, would you like to keep them? Yes/No" That's all well and good, but nothing has actually changed, the second screen never even flickered.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I have a laptop with an Ati Mobile Radeon X1600, I want to use the secondary output to have a dual screen system.
I hooked up the second screen to the DVI port, the screen came on, and the Ati configuration gave me options as to how I wanted to use it. I picked Clone, just toying with the settings. It cloned.
Then I decided that I wanted to simply extend the desktop. I opened the Ati config back up, uh oh--no more secondary display configuration options. I messed with it for a bit, shut down the PC, and went home for the day.
Came back the next day, and now I can't get the screen to come on at all, but I know for a fact that it works.
I reinstalled the drivers to the card, completely wiped out the old ones, even tried a system restore to the previous day. No dice.
I cannot use the Windows Display Settings to extend the screen, because when I select "Extend my desktop" and hit OK, the laptop screen goes out for a few seconds, then comes back. "Your settings have been changed, would you like to keep them? Yes/No" That's all well and good, but nothing has actually changed, the second screen never even flickered.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
