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<blockquote data-quote="TripleD" data-source="post: 1044414" data-attributes="member: 144956">Win7 home 64 bit. Having a problem driving 2 monitors simultaneously, duplicated (as opposed to spreading the desktop across the 2), despite both running fine individually under the same resolution/refresh rate (1280 x 720 @ 60 Hz.)Vid card: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127557" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127557</a>Desktop/2ndary monitor, via VGA: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824197015" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824197015</a>HTPC/Primary monitor, via DVI: <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/panasonic-viera-th-58px600u/4507-6482_7-31813549.html" target="_blank">http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/panasonic-viera-th-58px600u/4507-6482_7-31813549.html</a>If I disconnect either monitor (run only ONE) &amp; boot, PC goes to 1280/720/60Hz &amp; all is fine on the connected monitor. If I connect BOTH, PC goes to 800 x 600 60 Hz &amp; refuses to allow another setting (resolution is dimmed in control panel). I am running ATI Catalyst, something I've wrestled with on 2 PC's with setups like this one, and which I have always found to be an extremely frustrating, unintuitive utility. If the answer lies there, I can't figure it out. Is there an alternative to Catalyst? Tried uninstalling Catalyst &amp; drivers twice &amp; reinstalling, no help. Anyone have any ideas?TIATD<a href="http://hardforum.com/editpost.php?do=editpost&amp;p=1040435112" target="_blank"><img src="http://hardforum.com/images/buttons/edit.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="TripleD, post: 1044414, member: 144956"] Win7 home 64 bit. Having a problem driving 2 monitors simultaneously, duplicated (as opposed to spreading the desktop across the 2), despite both running fine individually under the same resolution/refresh rate (1280 x 720 @ 60 Hz.) Vid card: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127557[/url] Desktop/2ndary monitor, via VGA: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824197015[/url] HTPC/Primary monitor, via DVI: [url]http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/panasonic-viera-th-58px600u/4507-6482_7-31813549.html[/url] If I disconnect either monitor (run only ONE) & boot, PC goes to 1280/720/60Hz & all is fine on the connected monitor. If I connect BOTH, PC goes to 800 x 600 60 Hz & refuses to allow another setting (resolution is dimmed in control panel). I am running ATI Catalyst, something I've wrestled with on 2 PC's with setups like this one, and which I have always found to be an extremely frustrating, unintuitive utility. If the answer lies there, I can't figure it out. Is there an alternative to Catalyst? Tried uninstalling Catalyst & drivers twice & reinstalling, no help. Anyone have any ideas? TIA TD [URL='http://hardforum.com/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=1040435112'][IMG]http://hardforum.com/images/buttons/edit.gif[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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