Bert
10-04-2009, 01:35 PM
Hiya,
I have two monitors hooked up to a dual-head nVidia FX 5200 graphics card. What I wonder is, if I have both heads configured, is it going to hurt anything if one of the monitors is not on all of the time. I have the card set up in TwinView so that I can use the two desktops together yet manage windows in each screen separately. That part work great, but if I had to disable one monitor whenever I didn't want to use it, that would be a real pain. I haven't had any issues with the card, I just don't want to do anything that may damage it or shorten its lifespan.
I have two monitors hooked up to a dual-head nVidia FX 5200 graphics card. What I wonder is, if I have both heads configured, is it going to hurt anything if one of the monitors is not on all of the time. I have the card set up in TwinView so that I can use the two desktops together yet manage windows in each screen separately. That part work great, but if I had to disable one monitor whenever I didn't want to use it, that would be a real pain. I haven't had any issues with the card, I just don't want to do anything that may damage it or shorten its lifespan.