Laptop with screen attached, dual monitor possible?

[Dirty F]

I most likely will replace my desktop with my laptop as my primary work station. Now when i attach my 20 inch lcd on my laptop, will it take over the laptops screen or will it be a 2nd monitor? It would be awesome if i could use my 20 inch as the main screen and the laptop screen as my 2nd screen.

[brizzad]

you can configure the settings in the display section of the control panel to make the 20inch be your primary monitor

[swedguy]

I can have dual on mine (Acer).

[Fabuleux]

I would say it depends on the video card. If you have an ATI, you can set it up anyway you want. 2 displays showing the same desktop, two diffrent desktops or one desktop split over two displays.

[Ice]

I do it with my laptop Battuss... hit me up on icq and I'll walk you through it

[Nylz]

Should be possible indeed, depending on the vidcard in the laptop..

Ultramon can be a useful piece of software.. I use it for my 2 17" screens

[Dirty F]

I have a radeon 9000 in it...i checked the display settings and i think its possible.

Oh man, i suck when it comes to hardware.

[Fabuleux]

Originally posted by Battuss
I have a radeon 9000 in it...i checked the display settings and i think its possible.

Oh man, i suck when it comes to hardware.

That will do
If you can't get it working you should get the latest Control Panel from the ATI website.

[Dirty F]

Originally posted by Fabuleux
That will do
If you can't get it working you should get the latest Control Panel from the ATI website.

Cool, thanks!