bkholdem
05-17-2005, 07:07 PM
I have a presario X1000 laptop with a Mobility Radeon 9200 video card. I recently purchased a 19" montior so I could play 8 tables. When I hooked it up and got it set up so that the second screen was an extention of the first rather than a duplicate I had problems.
The second monitor worked fine when it was just a duplicate screen of my primary screen. Once I set it up so the screen extended into the second monitor the borders on the second monitor would not hold. windows (i.e. poker tables) kept scrolling off the screen. The arrow, when moved up against the edge of the screen would not stop- the desktop scrolled over more. The same thing happened up and down.
Also, the second monitor kept blacking/greying out. This has happened about 6 times with my laptop monitor over the past several months and it only lasted a couple of seconds. On the second monitor it kept happening every few seconds repeatedly. It only happened when I set up the screens so that the second monitor was an extention of the first, not when they both displayed the same desktop.
Anyway, the monitor wasn't a high enough resolution in any event so I returned it. I would like to have a second screen but want to know what caused those problems so I can avoid them or fix the issue. Anyone know what the problem might be and what I need to do to correct it?
Thanks for any help you can offer, I don't understand the inner workings of computers.
The second monitor worked fine when it was just a duplicate screen of my primary screen. Once I set it up so the screen extended into the second monitor the borders on the second monitor would not hold. windows (i.e. poker tables) kept scrolling off the screen. The arrow, when moved up against the edge of the screen would not stop- the desktop scrolled over more. The same thing happened up and down.
Also, the second monitor kept blacking/greying out. This has happened about 6 times with my laptop monitor over the past several months and it only lasted a couple of seconds. On the second monitor it kept happening every few seconds repeatedly. It only happened when I set up the screens so that the second monitor was an extention of the first, not when they both displayed the same desktop.
Anyway, the monitor wasn't a high enough resolution in any event so I returned it. I would like to have a second screen but want to know what caused those problems so I can avoid them or fix the issue. Anyone know what the problem might be and what I need to do to correct it?
Thanks for any help you can offer, I don't understand the inner workings of computers.