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Doug55

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Feb 7, 2007
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Hello,

I plan to buy a mini DVI to VGA adapter (already bought mini DVI to DVI adapter and it wasn't the right one :mad:). Once I do this, how can I use my second monitor in Extended Desktop mode? Where do I turn it on?

Thanks.

P.S. When I took the moniter from my brother's PC I noticed it did not have a power cord attached, I guess it got its power from the PC, will this be ok with my iMac?
 

robbieDrobot

macrumors newbie
Jun 19, 2007
19
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Dublin
Good God!

Connect Mini DVI to iMac
Connect to DVI Cable.
Connect other end of DVI Cable to Monitor
Turn Monitor On

That's it. It's a Mac.

To configure go into "Displays" in Sys Pref. If it doesn't appear just click "Detect Displays" and it will do the rest.
 

Doug55

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Feb 7, 2007
16
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Okay, thanks. Will it appear different? Like one monitor look messed up or anything?
 

swiftaw

macrumors 603
Jan 31, 2005
6,328
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Omaha, NE, USA
Okay, thanks. Will it appear different? Like one monitor look messed up or anything?

No, both monitors will look fine. The only thing that may look a little weird is if you have a window that spans across both screens because each half of the window will be at a different resolution.
 
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