Win 8, Two Monitors
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C-P-User-3 wrote:
"No Signal"
That would indicate that whatever driver is running the card is not detecting the second monitor. Again, please tell me how both your monitors are attached. If one to a card and one to the motherboard, then I suspect that that configuration is not supported. If both to one card, then it may be a problem with the card or the driver. If two separate cards, they may be conflicting with each other. It could also be that your card only supports one monitor at the resolution you've chosen. Try reinstalling the driver... WinKey-X (will bring up "eXpert menu") Device Manager Expand "Monitors" There should be two monitors listed here, if only one then the second is not recognized for some reason Right-click on one of the monitors, choose "Scan for hardware changes" Expand "Display Adapters" Right-click on the adapter, choose "Properties" click on "Driver" tab, choose "Update Driver..." Good luck
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There should be two monitors listed here, if only one then the second is not recognized for some reason
Yes, that's the problem. the second monitor is no longer recognized. When Win'8 was first installed, both monitors produced the exact same image.
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ahmed zahmed wrote:
Again, please tell me how both your monitors are attached.
They are attached to the same video card which is made for two monitors. This worked fine in win'7 This also worked when Win'8 was first installed on this machine. Something somewhere has to be different. I am not aware of any setting that I have changed. Should I try unplugging the monitor and reconnecting it ?
C-P-User-3 wrote:
Should I try unplugging the monitor and reconnecting it ?
Couldn't hurt. Try the other things I suggested too. Try doing a windows update as well. The same WinKey-X will show the "Control Panel". From there you can do a windows update.
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Can someone tell me how to word the question to either Google, Bing, Yahoo, Code Project, Stack Exchange, or MSDN which leads to an explanation of how to arrange Windows 8 to allow multiple monitors. My basic questions are: Where do you click, what do you look for, what do you answer, and so on.
Is there a forum where this is more appropriate ? Is there a place to discuss Windows'8 video bugs ?
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Tried that. Win'8 only sees the one monitor. When win'8 was first installed, both monitors produced the same image.
did you tell it to "detect"? mine has done that before as well. once I tell it to detect, then it picks up the second monitor and at that point you can tell it to extend desktop rather than mirror.
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did you tell it to "detect"? mine has done that before as well. once I tell it to detect, then it picks up the second monitor and at that point you can tell it to extend desktop rather than mirror.
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Yes, I clicked on "Detect" and nothing happened
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Did that. Only one monitor is available for settings. Win'8 can't see the second monitor. When Win'8 was first installed, the same image appeared on both screens at the same time. I am now unable to access the second screen.
Did you select 'Extend this display' on your main display? Also, try clicking the 'Detect' button on the right side of the window.
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Did you select 'Extend this display' on your main display? Also, try clicking the 'Detect' button on the right side of the window.
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote:
Did you select 'Extend this display' on your main display?
I do not see that option on my screen. The main display is the only display I see. When win'8 was first placed on this machine, I saw two identical screens. Something changed. This machine, with windows 8, is physically and logistically capable of placing images on both screens. One is VGA and the other is DVI-D. Can you tell me what to click, where, to make the option "Extend this display" appear ? This is my 2nd day with Windows'8 and I'm supposed to get my regular work done as well (hence, I'm on one screen flipping around a lot). Can you tell me what option was clicked to change the physical and logistical arrangement of the two screens from a dual (mirrored) arrangement to a single screen in which the other screen is non-existent ? Can you tell me how to undo whatever it was that I did to make that happen ? Perhaps the questions could be.... -- How do you turn off the second monitor in Win'8 ? -- How do you turn it back on ? So far, I have not found one person who knows the answer to both (in fact, either) of those questions. This includes every page on the microsoft website as well and here, stack exchange, and searches with Google, Yahoo, Bing, and I forget where else. What do you click, where, when, how, to re-enable dual monitors on windows'8 ?
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Nish Sivakumar wrote...
It should pick up the 2nd monitor automatically. Are both monitors on the same video card? Or are they on separate cards?
Yes, correct, that is my problem. Windows'8 should pick up the 2nd monitor automatically, and it did that properly when first installed, but now it does not. Both monitors on the same video card. One is (I'm reading from the screen, what Windows'8 is telling me) A Dell 2007FP, Analog. The other is a Sony. When I turn him on, I see, "No Input Signal" and "Input 3-DVI-D" on the screen for a brief moment, after which the screen goes into power save mode. This did not happen when Windows'8 was first installed. Both monitors produced the same image. I am unaware of what setting I may have changed which is causing Windows'8 to believe that the second monitor does not exist. Can you suggest a reason for the monitor to work as a mirror when Windows'8 was first installed, but now does not even exist ?
try swapping the port connections to see if it's the monitor gone bad or one of the ports on the video card. Also try swapping the video cables.
Regards, Nish
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Nish Sivakumar wrote...
It should pick up the 2nd monitor automatically. Are both monitors on the same video card? Or are they on separate cards?
Yes, correct, that is my problem. Windows'8 should pick up the 2nd monitor automatically, and it did that properly when first installed, but now it does not. Both monitors on the same video card. One is (I'm reading from the screen, what Windows'8 is telling me) A Dell 2007FP, Analog. The other is a Sony. When I turn him on, I see, "No Input Signal" and "Input 3-DVI-D" on the screen for a brief moment, after which the screen goes into power save mode. This did not happen when Windows'8 was first installed. Both monitors produced the same image. I am unaware of what setting I may have changed which is causing Windows'8 to believe that the second monitor does not exist. Can you suggest a reason for the monitor to work as a mirror when Windows'8 was first installed, but now does not even exist ?
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FTFY.
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Can someone tell me how to word the question to either Google, Bing, Yahoo, Code Project, Stack Exchange, or MSDN which leads to an explanation of how to arrange Windows 8 to allow multiple monitors. My basic questions are: Where do you click, what do you look for, what do you answer, and so on.
right click the desktop and click screen resolution. You should have all your screens that are plugged in listed. We have three at the office, and aside from having to make a setting in the bios to turn on multiple monitors, it was easily done.
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Thanks, did that, now I know one of the fifty thousand buzzwords and keystroke sequences of this version of windows until the next version comes out and makes this obsolete. When I switched to the desktop view, and right clicked on the screen background image, and chose screen resolution, windows'8 reports that I only have one monitor connected. The (blank, non-working) monitor is physically plugged into the same card as the working monitor. When Windows'8 was first installed on this computer, both monitors produced the same image. I am unaware of what setting I could have changed that caused the second monitor to no longer be recognized by windows'8, because when first installed, it did produce the imgae.
I've had problems with my two-monitor setup when I first installed win 8 here too and got it all fixed by updating the video driver with the latest one from the makers website (mine is an ATI Radeon)
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Can someone tell me how to word the question to either Google, Bing, Yahoo, Code Project, Stack Exchange, or MSDN which leads to an explanation of how to arrange Windows 8 to allow multiple monitors. My basic questions are: Where do you click, what do you look for, what do you answer, and so on.
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try swapping the port connections to see if it's the monitor gone bad or one of the ports on the video card. Also try swapping the video cables.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
Good thinking. I will try that right now. Thanks, this is a useful idea.
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right click the desktop and click screen resolution. You should have all your screens that are plugged in listed. We have three at the office, and aside from having to make a setting in the bios to turn on multiple monitors, it was easily done.
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loctrice wrote:
You should have all your screens that are plugged in listed.
Yes, that's a clear statement of the problem. That word "should" can be replaced with "do not" and it will be an accurate description of what's going on over here. When Win'8 was first installed here, both monitors produced the exact same image. Now, I right click the desktop and click screen resolution. I do not have all my screens that are plugged in listed
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I've had problems with my two-monitor setup when I first installed win 8 here too and got it all fixed by updating the video driver with the latest one from the makers website (mine is an ATI Radeon)
--------- Andre Sanches "UNIX is friendly, it's just picky about its friends"
How do I tell what my monitor card is ? Control Panel has been so altered that the poor victim^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H user has no clue as to what the video card installed is. I am confident that this machine can do two monitors. This confidence comes from the fact that when Win'8 was first installed here, both monitors produced the exact same image, but now, only one monitor works. This PC does not know that the other monitor exists
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I am highly suspicious that Classic Shell is the reason that I cannot use two monitors now. That was one of the few pieces of software that I put on this machine after installing Windows 8. When Win'8 was first installed here, both monitors produced the exact same image. Now, only one monitor works. This PC does not know that the other monitor exists
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote:
Did you select 'Extend this display' on your main display?
I do not see that option on my screen. The main display is the only display I see. When win'8 was first placed on this machine, I saw two identical screens. Something changed. This machine, with windows 8, is physically and logistically capable of placing images on both screens. One is VGA and the other is DVI-D. Can you tell me what to click, where, to make the option "Extend this display" appear ? This is my 2nd day with Windows'8 and I'm supposed to get my regular work done as well (hence, I'm on one screen flipping around a lot). Can you tell me what option was clicked to change the physical and logistical arrangement of the two screens from a dual (mirrored) arrangement to a single screen in which the other screen is non-existent ? Can you tell me how to undo whatever it was that I did to make that happen ? Perhaps the questions could be.... -- How do you turn off the second monitor in Win'8 ? -- How do you turn it back on ? So far, I have not found one person who knows the answer to both (in fact, either) of those questions. This includes every page on the microsoft website as well and here, stack exchange, and searches with Google, Yahoo, Bing, and I forget where else. What do you click, where, when, how, to re-enable dual monitors on windows'8 ?
Are you using DVI or HDMI to connect? I cannot think of any reasons that this would happen, other than either a bad graphics driver, or a BIOS that needs an update (like I had to do to mine). What model of computer do you have? Desktop or laptop? I can only really suggest checking the manufacturer's website for newer drivers.
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Are you using DVI or HDMI to connect? I cannot think of any reasons that this would happen, other than either a bad graphics driver, or a BIOS that needs an update (like I had to do to mine). What model of computer do you have? Desktop or laptop? I can only really suggest checking the manufacturer's website for newer drivers.
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote:
Are you using DVI or HDMI to connect?
VGA--> Working monitor DVI--> The one that stopped working