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I have just got my 4 monitors set up for my work pc. 2 using onboard graphics, and 2 using an Asus EN210 PCIe card.
I am trying to set them up in a specific layout, but I cannot seem to get it working, and I am not sure if it is possible or not.
key: - = Monitor
What works:
- - - -
and
- -
- -
What I am trying to achieve
-
- - -
Is this possible?
When I try to apply this layout, it pauses/hangs for a couple seconds and then reverts to the 4 in a row layout (- - - -)
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
I tried a 3rd party app called 'Actual Multiple Monitors' which save the layout upon applying the changes(the layout is correct in the GUI of the program), however the desktop still acts as if it has 4 monitors in a single row.
Barry Thomas
Posted 2017-06-14T13:38:45.150
Reputation: 171
How did you apply the layout? Simply drag the screen and drop it to the desired position. You can have any possible layout – phuclv – 2017-06-14T15:38:27.773
Yes, this is what I did, I dragged the monitors into the layout I wanted, in Display Settings, but when I click apply, they default back to 4 in a row, – Barry Thomas – 2017-06-14T15:41:34.000
Maybe it has something to do with the graphic cards arrangement of your computer corresponding to the monitors then. Multi-monitor setup is always tricky. – xji – 2017-06-15T19:16:00.043
1Can you try changing which one you put on the top, just to see if it's only certain monitors that it doesn't want to move to certain places? If that is the case, you may just need to change which monitor positions are plugged into which plugs on the computer. – Moshe Katz – 2017-06-19T18:19:08.683
@MosheKatz Yea, I tried this and it didn't make a difference, someone on another forum said it is down to the graphics card I am using being a bit old and that a newer one would probably work. I'm going to try and get a more recent card and give it a go. Thanks for the suggestion though. – Barry Thomas – 2017-06-20T14:39:16.987
@JIXiang Yea, definitely tricky, someone suggested it was to do with my card being old, so I am going to try and get a newer one and test it. – Barry Thomas – 2017-06-20T14:40:07.360