Dual Monitor Game Problem

G.RAE · 05-25-2009, 09:38 AM

Hi there

I have a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo laptop running vista. The monitor recently broke and now I use an HDTV as my main monitor.

It works fine except when I want to play games.

The screen sort of flickers and then goes to the source screen as if there's no source.

The game actually works because I can faintly make out the screen on my laptop and can see it working.

Regardless of what I try I cannot get it to load up on the HDTV. I have adjusted the compatibility to Windows Xp and also changing the resolution the game opens in 640 x 480 (this had worked with another game).

I really don't know what to do and would love if someone could help me.

**Aus_Karlos** · 05-26-2009, 01:30 AM

Hi G.RAE and welcome to TSF,

Your games are displaying in fullscreen mode on your Primary Display, which is your Laptops monitor. To change this go to your display settings and Click the Identify Monitors button to find out what display number your HDTV screen is. When you have found the correct one select it and a blue outline should appear around the monitor. Then all you do is check the box that says This is my Main monitor.

G.RAE · 05-26-2009, 04:18 PM

nope i had already done that

i have it set up so my laptop screen is off and the monitor is my main display

when i go to identify monitors a big one comes up on this screen

other games had worked when i changed the resolution they ran in but not for more recent games such as star wars empire at war etc

any other ideas?

05-25-2009, 09:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
G.RAE Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows Vista	Dual Monitor Game Problem Hi there I have a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo laptop running vista. The monitor recently broke and now I use an HDTV as my main monitor. It works fine except when I want to play games. The screen sort of flickers and then goes to the source screen as if there's no source. The game actually works because I can faintly make out the screen on my laptop and can see it working. Regardless of what I try I cannot get it to load up on the HDTV. I have adjusted the compatibility to Windows Xp and also changing the resolution the game opens in 640 x 480 (this had worked with another game). I really don't know what to do and would love if someone could help me.

05-26-2009, 04:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
G.RAE Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows Vista	Re: Dual Monitor Game Problem nope i had already done that i have it set up so my laptop screen is off and the monitor is my main display when i go to identify monitors a big one comes up on this screen other games had worked when i changed the resolution they ran in but not for more recent games such as star wars empire at war etc any other ideas?