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3.
Reboot the system. On bootup, while the Splash screen is showing, the second
monitor will initialize. It will show you the information about the card BIOS and
tell you
…Windows has successfully initialized this display adapter.
To extend
the desktop to this monitor, go to your
Display Properties
and then to the
Settings
tab…
4.
Once booted up to Windows, go to the Display Properties and then the
Settings
tab. You will see a picture of two monitors (the primary is labeled 1 and the
secondary is labeled 2).
5.
Click the second monitor and check the box at the bottom that says
… “Extend
my Windows desktop onto this monitor.”
6.
Click
Apply
.
7.
You should now have both monitors working. You can now set the resolution,
colorpallette, refresh rate, and acceleration of each card independently. Please
refer to the
Tips and Troubleshooting for Multimonitor Support
below.
T
IPS AND
T
ROUBLESHOOTING
Q: Why did my second monitor fail to come up after I
configured and rebooted my computer?
The likely cause of this is a conflict with the
emm386.exe
program. Comment out
emm386.exe
from
config.sys
and reboot your computer.
Q: Why won’t the second display adapter initialize as
described in step 3 of setup?
Check the Device Manager. Make sure that both adapters are listed and conflict free.
If you see a problem with the secondary display adapter, check its properties. On the
general tab, under Device Status, it will most likely tell you that the display drivers
do not support multiple display adapters. If it does, try getting updated drivers for
the device that are multimonitor compliant. If you are using Windows 98 drivers for
the device, then it may be a limitation of the hardware and the card may require that
it be the primary display adapter.
Q: Why won’t my screen saver display between both
monitors?
The screen saver you are using does not support multiple monitors. Try using built-
in screen savers, such as the Flying Windows or any of the 3D screen savers.
