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spikymohawks

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jul 11, 2004
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seattle
I just hooked my new display and for some reason I can't get it to be a secondary display. It only Mirrors the other display.
How can i get it so one display is primary and the other one secondary?
 

spikymohawks

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jul 11, 2004
22
0
seattle
IDK

I am Not sure which type of displays Im using but one is the apple 15inch lcd (it has no power cable). the other is a phillips crt crap monitor were i have to screw in 2 screws when i plug it in (it has a power cable additional to the connection).
I am using a card that originally shipped with my computer.
 

Duff-Man

Contributor
Dec 26, 2002
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17
Albuquerque, NM
Duff-Man says...can you be more specific about the card you are using - Quicksilver's came with a few different cards. From your Apple menu choose "About this Mac" then choose "more info..." and it will launch System Profiler. In the PCI/AGP cards section it will tell you what card you have installed.....oh yeah!
 

spikymohawks

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jul 11, 2004
22
0
seattle
thank

I needed that info. turns out its a AGP nvidia gforce 2.thank u heroic duffmann,now lets see u solve my problem...good luck
your truly adored mac user.
Xander
 

Duff-Man

Contributor
Dec 26, 2002
2,984
17
Albuquerque, NM
spikymohawks said:
I needed that info. turns out its a AGP nvidia gforce 2.thank u heroic duffmann,now lets see u solve my problem...good luck
your truly adored mac user.
Xander
Duff-Man says....I'd have to check all the specs at Apple and/or NVidia but if I recall correctly you need the "twinview" version of the geforce to get true dual display support....oh yeah!
 

Mord

macrumors G4
Aug 24, 2003
10,091
23
UK
if it is a normal geforce 2 (which it probably is because the twinview was a very expensive bto option)

you can get a radeon 9000 that is dual head or a 9800 which is fast as hell and dual head
 
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