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Bryce

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So, I've got my first monitor hooked up via DVI to the first port on my graphics card and my second monitor hooked up to the second port on it and it's not detecting it. The second monitor is VGA with a DVI adapter, could that be the problem or what?

Nevermind. Solved.
 
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Bryce said:
So, I've got my first monitor hooked up via DVI to the first port on my graphics card and my second monitor hooked up to the second port on it and it's not detecting it. The second monitor is VGA with a DVI adapter, could that be the problem or what?

Nevermind. Solved.
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How did you cure the problem? :) Other people might need to know.
 

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Dilithium Computers/Engineering (Myself) Star date 42.739285.5432.9
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Win7 Ultimate x64 on Desktop / Win7 Ultimate x86 on laptop / Win7 x86 Starter on Netbook
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AMD Phenom 965 X4 3.4Ghz cpu Black Edition
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Gigabyte 790XT
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12 Gb DDR3
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Nvidea Gforce GTX 470
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Onboard Realtek hi-fi
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Lg 3D led 23"
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1920x1080
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Loads maxstore sata 1 & 2/ loads of partitions + 1Tb Hitachi sata 2. 256Gb Crucial ssd.
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OCZ 700W GameXstream
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Oh, it was a stupid mistake really. I went to Control Panel > Nvidia Control Panel > Standard Settings > Enabled Multiple Displays.
 

My Computer

OS
Vista Ultimate x64, Windows 7 RC 7100
CPU
Intel C2D E8400 @ 3.8ghz
Motherboard
ASUS P5Q SE PLUS
Memory
4x 2gb G.Skill DDR2 1600
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GTX260 896mb
Sound Card
Onboard 5.1 Surround Sound
Monitor(s) Displays
22" Acer LCD and 19" Westinghouse LCD
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 750gb
Western Digital 500gb
PSU
Corsair H520X 520w
Case
Antec 300
Keyboard
Old G15
Mouse
Logitech G5
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15mbps down .34mbps up
o.O I posted a legit question and then literally 4 seconds later I figured it out :(. I even put SOLVED in the title so people would ignore it :(

/suicide :(
 

My Computer

OS
Vista Ultimate x64, Windows 7 RC 7100
CPU
Intel C2D E8400 @ 3.8ghz
Motherboard
ASUS P5Q SE PLUS
Memory
4x 2gb G.Skill DDR2 1600
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GTX260 896mb
Sound Card
Onboard 5.1 Surround Sound
Monitor(s) Displays
22" Acer LCD and 19" Westinghouse LCD
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 750gb
Western Digital 500gb
PSU
Corsair H520X 520w
Case
Antec 300
Keyboard
Old G15
Mouse
Logitech G5
Internet Speed
15mbps down .34mbps up
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