Problem

[Jack Guinea]

Ive just woke up and for some reason only 2 out of 3 monitors are displaying anything, ive just cleaned my entire computer and on startup the right monitor displays the loading screen and then after i log in the right monitor is not detected. How can i fix this?

 

[Jack Guinea]

I just unplugged me left monitor and the right one works then when i plugg it back in the right one doesnt work

 

[steaky360]

Hmm that is strange, I assume it was working previously . Have you checked the Nvidia/AMD properties (Nvidia Settings or AMD Catalyst I think?) to see if it is detecting 3 displays?

 

[Jack Guinea]

Yeah last night it was fine and when i loom at Nvidia control panel the right one which is attached to the first graphics card isnt light up like the other two

 

[vanthus]

Maybe you've dislodged a connection or possibly though unlikely the GPU itself while you were cleaning the PC.

 

[steaky360]

Have you got more than one card and what card(s) is it? Have you recently updated graphics drivers?

Might be worth trying to plug the third monitor (currently not working) in other slots (if available) and ensuring SLi is on (if available).

 

[Jack Guinea]

Well i just clicked on Nvidia control panel and for some reason for monitor wasnt activated on the control panel so i clicked it and now it works although i cant find my old settings.

 

[steaky360]

So all 3 monitors are on again? Score

Which settings do you mean?

 

[Jack Guinea]

Well before i had it so the left monitor had all the shortcuts and task bar at the bottome but so the task bar extended to the other two monitors aswell

 

[steaky360]

Ah right you should be able to reset that so its the same, its extended desktop I believe - you might have to move all the shortcuts etc. again unfortunately

 

[Jack Guinea]

Theyre so messed up right now, i have to move my mouse left on the left one to go to the middle monitor then left through the middle monitor to get to the right one.

 

[steaky360]

Theyre so messed up right now, i have to move my mouse left on the left one to go to the middle monitor then left through the middle monitor to get to the right one.

You can change that in the Nvidia Control Panel - go to "Set up multiple displays" and you will be able to identify/drag and drop your screens around until they are in the correct configuration.

 

[Jack Guinea]

Thanks ive sorted it now, i get stressed so easily that i forget how to do everything, thanks for everyone advice and feedback

 

[Jack Guinea]

The only thing is is that i can get my task bar to extend to the other monitors

 

[steaky360]

Try this:

Open Screen Resolution by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, and then, under Appearance and Personalization, clicking Adjust screen resolution.
Click the drop-down list next to Multiple displays, click Extend these displays, and then click OK.

There is a video here:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/Move-windows-between-multiple-monitors

 

[Jack Guinea]

Ah its not working, the task bar isn't going across and the background isn't sorted out either as i had a battlefield one which spread across all displays but now its just duplicated the one on the left monitor onto the others. Last time my friend set it all up for me but we dont talk any more so he cant help.

 

[steaky360]

http://www.geforce.co.uk/optimise/guides/how-to-correctly-configure-geforce-gtx-680-surround#5

Have you tried using the Nvidia Control panel to set it up for you? "Span displays with surround" as seen on the above webpage?

 

[Jack Guinea]

Now the background is sorted but the taskbar is only on the middle monitor

 

[steaky360]

Is that such a big deal? I currently only have one monitor myself at the moment so cant test it myself to figure out how to do it - I'd suggest trying the 'extend desktop' thing again to see if that will make the taskbar span the 3 screens.

EDIT

You can turn off centring of the taskbar in Nvidia Control Panel apparently

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/349001-15-span-taskbar-displays

 

[Jack Guinea]

OMG I LOVE YOU!!!!! Thank you soooo much for your help i can now relax and enjoy the rest of my day. I cant belive how much you have helped thanks so much!!!!!!

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