hey konrad.... its one of those things that almost has to be seen..... if you know someone that has a laptop have them come over and hook your monitor to it.... on the back of the laptop should be the proper output connector.... once its hooked up, start meta but don't maximize the screen.... click and hold on the right side of meta pane and drag to the right.... it will stretch onto the 2nd monitor....

nothing pulled up in meta, whether its a chart, layout or web page can be pulled outside the boundries of the metastock program..... actually its possible, but don't.... just trust me....... i'll post someting much better later.....h

Hayseed or other members

hey konrad.... its one of those things that almost has to be seen..... if you know someone that has a laptop have them come over and hook your monitor to it.... on the back of the laptop should be the proper output connector....

what is the name of output connector ? today I look at store but I dont know about laptop... I should ask a sale person about this connection... but I dont know what to say them? I would like to know name so they will know what I am talking about...

Thanks

Ps: I think about buying new laptop

What does the video plug on your monitor look like? How many pins, etc....

On the back of the monitor there are 2 plugs. One goes to the electrical socket in the wall. The other one goes to your computer. If you look at the end of the plug that goes into the computer, you will see a bunch of little connectors that look like tiny little fingers... these are pins. How many are on your plug?

These are some possible choices you have...
scart, s-video, tv-out, dvi, vga, and vesa.

In the US, my guess is that the mainstream monitors are vga or dvi. The vga monitors have 15 pin connectors in a D shaped configuration, while dvi connectors are almost square and have nearly double the number of pins.

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[quote user=" gateway monitor and 15 pins on Laptop ... but I can't connect them... when I connect connection is ok no problem with plug in ... but it show a black screen and nothing come up.... ? what I can do? and should do?

I am trying right now to plug the monitor Gateway 17" to Laptop and it show block screen
yes, it configured to US 110 volts

when I plug 17" flat panel gateway monitor to other computer it work very good just dont work at laptop...My laptop dont ever recognize this monitor. but my VGA card is not broke I check it at Device manager and I dont find anything wrong...

what other factor should I check to get it done?

I am going to take some picture about my connection with laptop and monitor....so it will be more easy to see what is the problem with connection...

Try this, it works on my desktop XP:

1. Right-click My Computer and select PROPERTIES | HARDWARE | DEVICE MANAGER
Are there any yellow exclamation marks shown? If so, you'll need to uninstall these drivers and reboot
2. Plug in the monitor
3. Right-click My Computer and select PROPERTIES | HARDWARE | ADD NEW HARDWARE
Let the computer search on its own [recommended]
4. Right-click the desktop and select PROPERTIES | SETTINGS | DISPLAY
5. Select your external monitor
note: if you do not see multiple monitors listed, your video card may not support dual monitors
6. The numbers 1 and 2 indicate primary and secondary display. Display 2 is initially on the right side of Display 1
7. Right-click on Display 2 and select ATTACHED
8. Select the EXTEND WINDOWS option. Click Apply.

Check out this reference too: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/multimonitor.mspx

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ok here is what I do
step
1. done, no excalamation marks shown
2. done
3. done
4. done
5. my video card support dual monitors
6. done
7. done
8. done

I done all step on my friend pc and work very good, I will make the same step on my pc and see if work and let you know outcome!

BTW, thanks

BTW, you're welcome! :wink:

Let me know...

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hey konrad.... its one of those things that almost has to be seen..... if you know someone that has a laptop have them come over and hook your monitor to it.... on the back of the laptop should be the proper output connector.... once its hooked up, start meta but don't maximize the screen.... click and hold on the right side of meta pane and drag to the right.... it will stretch onto the 2nd monitor....

nothing pulled up in meta, whether its a chart, layout or web page can be pulled outside the boundries of the metastock program..... actually its possible, but don't.... just trust me....... i'll post someting much better later.....h

Ok I click and hold and move to 2nd monitor... so I have Metastock only on one Monitor, nothing pulled up in Meta? what that mean? whether its a chart, layout or web page can be pulled outside the boundrie of MS program? acctually its possible? How about if I can move only to one monitor... how to move let say Metastock on one monitor and template on second monitor or other things on second monitor?


Thank you

my graphic card work good now... I have KDS 19" flat panel on IBM pc I have Gateway17" flat panel and KDS 17" flat panel on Gateway PC that is connect to VGA and DVI card... and I want to add one more monitor IBM 15" flat panel to new video card how to connect what should I buy ?

hey konrad.... 'pulled up' is a term used in a prior era , as patrick would say.... should have said 'opened' to be generationaly correct......
nothing pulled up in meta, whether its a chart, layout or web page can be pulled outside the boundries of the metastock program..... actually its possible, but don't.... just trust me....... .....

click on any chart in meta and try to drag it out..... the meta fences keeps all those little bully charts inside......

click on the extreme right side of meta, hold down and drag to the right.... it should stretch onto your second monitor.....

to add a 3rd monitor you'll need another output.... some cards come with 2.... the connectors are often blue, but once you've seen one you've seen'em all.... at this rate you might ought to be looking into a bigger desk.......h

[quote user="special card" I can't find in any local store...
3. what about if I want to add few more monitor in future... what should I do? I don't have slot on my Gateway pc to add any graphic card... only one slot is provide...?

I extended Metastock into 2 monitors and look pretty nice 24"in on graph... =D>

BTW: Two piece of wood, few nails.... and a desk is ready :)
Thank you :)

Hayseed wrote:
[quote user=" WXGA Widescreen (1280x768)
1.0GB DDR SDRAM (2x512MB)
40 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive
8X DVD Drive
Integrated 56K Modem + 10/100 Ethernet LAN
Extra 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 900 - Pentium - and here is the problem, this graphic card don't contain output connector... :x

Is that laptop worth this price? and how you connect output connector in your laptop

Thank you

hey konrad.... some cards will have 2 outputs and some will have only one.....

speakin of one, remember there is only one konrad and also there is a point of diminishing returns in all markets, that includes monitors and graphic cards.....

as mentioned before, multiple monitors has in no way improved my trading...... h

thanks hayseed