aeaglenfitch
New Member
okay, im running vista 32 bit on a dell inspiron 1521 with an ATI Radeon x1270. i recently wiped the HD and did a clean install of vista using the OEM Vista cd.
before i wiped the hd i was running the same vista that was installed at the factory.
i always used to plug my laptop into my plasma tv using the VGA port on the side of the laptop and plugging it into the VGA port on the tv. i've always been able to use it as a seperate desktop so i could drag movies over to the plasma screen and still use the internet on the laptop screen. i was also able to use the native resolution on the laptop screen and change the res on the plasma to a higher res.(i dont remember what exactly)
now ever since i wiped the hd and did the fresh install, updated the drivers for all devices including the radeon x1270 (to a driver that is newer than the one i was running before) when i plug the laptop into the plasma and i try to use it as a dual monitor i just get a black screen unless i set the res to something tiny like 640x480 or 800x600. the only way for me to get a semi decent resolution on the plasma is to go into the windows mobility center (right click desktop>personalize>connect a projector or other external display) then i click "connect display (after i've plugged the plasma into the laptop) and it asks if i want to use them as seperate parts of the desktop or if i want the same thing to show on both screens. i have to select same thing on both screens then it shows up on the tv in a "decent" resolution but it makes the laptop display a low res as well and i cant do different things on both screens.
so basically my question is... how do i get it back to the way it was where i could use a different res on both screens and play a movie on the tv while still having access to my main desktop on the laptop?
before i wiped the hd i was running the same vista that was installed at the factory.
i always used to plug my laptop into my plasma tv using the VGA port on the side of the laptop and plugging it into the VGA port on the tv. i've always been able to use it as a seperate desktop so i could drag movies over to the plasma screen and still use the internet on the laptop screen. i was also able to use the native resolution on the laptop screen and change the res on the plasma to a higher res.(i dont remember what exactly)
now ever since i wiped the hd and did the fresh install, updated the drivers for all devices including the radeon x1270 (to a driver that is newer than the one i was running before) when i plug the laptop into the plasma and i try to use it as a dual monitor i just get a black screen unless i set the res to something tiny like 640x480 or 800x600. the only way for me to get a semi decent resolution on the plasma is to go into the windows mobility center (right click desktop>personalize>connect a projector or other external display) then i click "connect display (after i've plugged the plasma into the laptop) and it asks if i want to use them as seperate parts of the desktop or if i want the same thing to show on both screens. i have to select same thing on both screens then it shows up on the tv in a "decent" resolution but it makes the laptop display a low res as well and i cant do different things on both screens.
so basically my question is... how do i get it back to the way it was where i could use a different res on both screens and play a movie on the tv while still having access to my main desktop on the laptop?
