ATI Technologies X1600 manual

• Refer to your Windows® online help and documentation for further information on using the Settings tab.

Note: When you use multiple monitors with your card, one monitor will always be Primary. Any additional monitors will be designated as Secondary.

Click Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor.

Select the Monitor icon identified by the number 2.

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4 Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as appropriate for the second monitor. Click Apply or OK to apply these new values.

To set up a multi-monitor display

1 From the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. Click the Settings tab to access the basic multi-monitor configuration settings.

Note: ATI provides Catalyst™ Control Center software that provides many additional configuration features. It can be accessed by clicking the Advanced button from the Display Properties > Settings tab.

When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for your Radeon® X1600 Series card.

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Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors.

Power off your computer and monitors.

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3 Power on your monitors first, and then restart your computer so that Windows® can detect the new hardware settings.

Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1600 Series card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary.

Note: The top DVI-I connector is single-link and the bottom connector is dual-link.

Note: Some Radeon® X1600 Series graphic cards have one DVI-I connector and one VGA connector.

To connect your monitors

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