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Postby Spiderbot01 » Thu Oct 01, 09 12:41 pm

I has a laptop, I also has a spare moniter at home. Do you guys know if it would be possible to dual screen them up?
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Postby Mr. Tastix » Thu Oct 01, 09 12:50 pm

In theory it should be possible. I've heard of people doing it but I've never done it myself so I can't speak from experience (though I would love two monitors myself). I wouldn't think it'd be that much different to setting up multiple monitors on a desktop, except that you could use the laptop monitor as the primary one.

By looking up on our God known as Google I have found these articles, hope they help to some degree or another:

How To Configure and Use Multiple Monitors in Windows XP and here's another.

And for you Windows Vista users, also another guide for Vista users.

Dunno if they'll help though, as I said, I've never used more than one monitor before so I can't speak from experience.
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Postby Dae » Thu Oct 01, 09 1:05 pm

Spiderbot01 wrote:I has a laptop, I also has a spare moniter at home. Do you guys know if it would be possible to dual screen them up?

Do you want to use both built-in and external monitors at the same time? If so, it's possible and I've done that many times.
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Postby Aidan » Thu Oct 01, 09 1:22 pm

Dae wrote:
Spiderbot01 wrote:I has a laptop, I also has a spare moniter at home. Do you guys know if it would be possible to dual screen them up?

Do you want to use both built-in and external monitors at the same time? If so, it's possible and I've done that many times.


Second, I have an Acer Aspire 5700 hooked up to some flat panel dell monitor right now. Runs like a beaut.
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Postby Allan » Thu Oct 01, 09 1:34 pm

It is indeed possible. :D

I've had to do it for a while, as I've got a plethora of lines down my laptop. Though I do have nVidia settings to do it for me. :(
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Postby Aidan » Thu Oct 01, 09 1:36 pm

Allan wrote:It is indeed possible. :D

I've had to do it for a while, as I've got a plethora of lines down my laptop. Though I do have nVidia settings to do it for me. :(


What laptop is it allan?
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Postby Allan » Thu Oct 01, 09 1:42 pm

Toshiba Qosmio G20-110.

It's nearly 4 years old.
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Postby Aidan » Thu Oct 01, 09 9:32 pm

So's the Acer I have lol.
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