Cannot dectet secondary display

The display settings will not detect my secondary monitor.
I had a dual monitor configured sytem and work for months.  Everything worked fine until Saturday morning.  I turned on the left and the system.  It was a check of the system or abnormal boot when I finally looked at the monitor.  When Vista came out, the system was no longer detectng the second monitor.

I am on my third video card and I still have the same problem.  The BIOS is set to the PCI-e slot as main display.  I tried the uninstall and update drivers, by using software of parameters of visualization of the video card, using Microsft display setting turning off Ultramon, etc...  Cables and monitors work very well.

I am at a total loss after 2.5 days.

Hi pmcotter,

 

Welcome to Microsoft Answers Forums.

First of all, I would say that you update the drivers to display on the computer card and check if it works.

How to upgrade the graphics card on the machine driver

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click System.

2. click on the Hardware tab, and then click. Device Manager

NOTE: If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click on continue.

3. click on graphics to develop cards.

4. under graphic cards, double-click the entry for your graphics cards, and then click the driver tab.

5. click on update driver software.

6. follow the Wizard update driver to update the driver graphics cards.

http://windowshelp.Microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/b3c6477e-1111-4B9F-A52A-fffdc51e9c901033.mspx

Windows can detect automatically that an additional screen. If you connect two or more monitors, you must manually designate the primary display, arrange your desktop, and apply display settings, such as color depth and screen resolution. So, the next time that you connect these monitors, Windows automatically identifies the primary display and applies the settings that you previously specified for each additional display.

To change the display settings

  1. Open settings display by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, appearance and personalization, customization, and then clicking display settings.
  2. To specify the main display on the monitor tab, click the icon that corresponds to the screen you want to designate as the primary display, and then select the This is my main monitor .
  3. Select the quality of resolution and screen color for each monitor that you are using.

Change your display settings

To select different display settings at any time, open display settings in Control Panel.

Open settings display by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, appearance and personalization, customization, and then clicking display settings.

Understanding multiple monitors

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/understanding-multiple-monitors

Multiple monitors: frequently asked questions

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/multiple-monitors-frequently-asked-questions

Halima S - Microsoft technical support.

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