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    MBP and External Monitor in BootCamp(XP)

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Jokkon, Jun 9, 2008.

  1. Jokkon

    Jokkon Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,

    I am having some issues with hooking up my LG 22" m228WA monitor to my 15" MBP Penryn. I got my monitor to run at the native resolution but I just can't set it to be my primary monitor. When I go to Right Click on Desktop>Properties>Settings and then right clicking on my external monitor and try to set it as the primary but that part of the menu is greyed out. This is kinda weird and I just want to try gaming on my external monitor. Does anyone has an solution on this? Thank you very much.

    Jokkon

    EDIT: I also tried going into the NVIDIA Control Panel but doesn't seems like there is a setting that allows you to change the Primary Monitor.
     
    Jokkon, Jun 9, 2008
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  2. Jokkon

    Jokkon Notebook Evangelist

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    umm no one can help me???
    Please.. =( I am sure I just overlooked something really stupid.
     
    Jokkon, Jun 9, 2008
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    ageezee Notebook Consultant

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    not 100% sure without booting into windows but i believe if you go to display properties and then the settings tab if you click on the second monitor there should be a checkbox below it that says "use this as primary monitor"?
     
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  4. Jokkon

    Jokkon Notebook Evangelist

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    =(
    thanks for your help, like I said that option has been greyed out
    I can't even uncheck the box for the built in LCD
     
    Jokkon, Jun 9, 2008
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    sulkorp Notebook Deity

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    Try reinstalling the bootcamp drivers that come on the leopard DVD.

    Or you can try newer drivers from laptopvideo2go.
     
    sulkorp, Jun 10, 2008
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