laptop and dual screen

[Anyone]

Hi people,

sorry my question is very precise,
but if you can't fix this, pls direct me to a place
where I may have a quick answer...

I just bough an Inspiron 8200 laptop
but it doesn't seem have a monitor mirroring
feature when im in dual screen...

I've gone to Dell's website
and it seems to take ages to get a reply...

thanks for your help,
VJ NE1

[6thelement]

what videocard is in it and what system do you run win xp,98,2000.???


i had the same problem with a geforce go card.

[Anyone]

element,

yeah, it actually is a Go card,

GeForce4 440 Go to be precise...
I'm running it on win xp.

any suggestions / possible solutions ? :D :D

NE1

[Anyone]

sorry never mind, found it...

for those of you interested,
right click on the desktop,
then settings tab,
select main monitor,
make sure that's the only one active,
click advance,
then nView tab
then click the "clone" radio button

here you go...
thanks anyhow
NE1

[DAHBOO]

Ive been working on this problem for 2 weeks now and i am not getting anywere.Here we go i have the exact same card has NE1 and i want to clone onto my tv .I followed your instruction to do so and all the options in the nview setting are grayed out and i cant choose any of them (clone,Hspan or Vspan)Can anyone tell me why its grayed out???And how to fix it???
ohh yea only diference between me and NE1 is im using win2K

[petewarden]

Might not be the case for you, since you've got an NVidia, but one annoying feature of the ATI card in my laptop is that unless it detects something valid plugged into the SVideo out, it greys out all the options in the settings and disables the output. I have to plug it in, then reload the settings every time.

Pete

[murph]

make sure you've got something plugged in (with something on the other end, that's turned on) to the svid or vga out on your laptop. Once something is detected there, the options will turn on. I've also got the gf440go and win2k.

[DAHBOO]

Its nothing to do with the hookups..its fine when i extend windows to the desktop to the 2nd minitor(tv) works just great,nice picture and all.When i disable it..wich im supose to do to enable clone or the span modes ,all the option are grayed out???

[DAHBOO]

oops i just noticed a little mistake i made..i have the G4 440 MX not the G4 440 GO

[vjrei]

There is about the same problems with Mac portables, all the Powerbook line are able to run a second monitor as long a video cable is connected when start up the computer or after waking it up.

With the iBooks it is different, not secund monitor is avalible just the mirroing of the main one.

Be carefull out there when getting Mac or PC portable computers, they not always carry 2nd function no matter the price of the video card.

For Mac users; Get the Powerbook G3 500 Mhz (pismo) in place of any iBook, the Pismo is about $1000 or less, up to 1Gb of ram, 8MB video ram (enough) and for $200 you can get a G4 500 processor!!!.

[Anyone]

dahboo,

sorry for not replying sooner,
i just recently lost a lot of time arguing with *****;)

OK.
before you right-click on the desktop to "properties",
make sure you're connected to your TV,
either via the side connection,
or the VGA connection via scan-con.

next right-click on the desktop to "properties".
if you are properly connected the option
"extend my desktop to this montinor"
should NOT be greyed out.

if it is, then you've got a problem, from the start...
my suggestion is : test it via the VGA connection,
its more reliable (fullproof).

anyhow
when you DO get that option available,
DONT ENABLE IT
go strait to the "advanced" tab
and proceed as i explained in the above post.
the nView monitor cloning option will always be greyed out
if that "extend my desktop" option is turned on...

tell me if that worked...

NE1

[DAHBOO]

Yes i definatly work i was playing around with it again last night and that was excactly my problem.Thanks
:)

[Anyone]

glad I could help :D

[simeyla]

i have same card on satellite 1955-s801

the key to getting the clone option is disabling the second monitor. i turned off the 'extend my desktop'. then go to the first monitor and do advanced proprtieous. you should now see NVIEW. and you can do clone. make sure you set the refresh rate correctly otherwise itll look terrible on the cloned screen

theres another option which i have unset and i dont know eactlyh what it does but its kinda hidden so check it out too if youre interested .. under geforce4 440 to 'additional properties' and chose 'enable advanced multiple monitors' from the bottom of the scrolling list of options under 'direct X'.
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(excuse bad grammar - im in a hurry - hope hti s helps!!)

[fisheye]

Hi there,

I'm just planning to buy the excact same laptop - Inspiron 8200 laptop-

If you use is with resolume... do you get your image out full screen AND see a preview on your screen ??
Would be great to know before spending that kind of cash

Thx

fisheye

[Anyone]

yup,

i 've used Resolume with dual screen set up on my 8200 and it's perfect...

NE1

[fisheye]

Hi any01

Burt the main question... do you have your output... full screen on your second screen? or better on your tv out
AND do you still see the preview in the laptop screen

thx alot

fisheye

[Anyone]

Originally posted by fisheye
do you have your output... full screen on your second screen? or better on your tv out
AND do you still see the preview in the laptop screen


no it's either on one screen or the other i'm afraid...
but double check this directly with the Resolume boys
on their support page on their website...

[GreenHippo]

Bit late coming in on this one but something worth adding:

If you get greyed out info on any card settings when trying to get dual screen or TV out, check the resolution and colours of the primary screen.

I pulled out lots of hair for months trying to work this out on a Sony laptop with a NeoMagic card (I think). Turned out the TV out would only work if 800 x 600 with 16bit colours was selected on the desktop screen.

Also, for what its worth, it would seem that manufacturers are starting to take the TV out seriously so updating your driver can make a big difference. I updated an Intel driver for my laptop recently and whereas before it was unviewable, the new output is relatively flicker free.