User Guide

NVIDIA Corporation

Detonator XP User’s Guide

Switching Displays

This section explains the procedure for switching the display from your CRT

(analog monitor) to a DFP using the example of a GeForce3 GPU-based

graphics card with three connectors:

• CRT (analog monitor)

• DFP (digital flat panel) and

• TV

This means that the user of such a graphics card can choose to connect three

different devices and switch among them or simply connect one of the devices

and use that device. Your GeForce3 GPU-based graphics card or any other

multi-connector NVIDIA GPU-based card may have anywhere between one

and three connectors. So, you’ll need to follow the example based on the

number and type of connectors your card contains.

Note: You can use the procedure in this section to switch between any

combination of devices, such as CRT to TV, TV to CRT, DFP to CRT,

TV to DFP, and so on. You can also use other NVIDIA GPU-based cards,

such as the GeForce2 MX, Quadro2 MXR, and so on. In this case, you’ll

notice that the NVIDIA product tab names of GeForce3, Device

Selection, and Color Correction do not exist if, for example, you have the

TwinView feature enabled.

1 Make sure you are in the Device Selection panel. (See the previous section

“Accessing the Device Selection Control Panel” on page 79, if needed.)

2 If you are using an NVIDIA GPU from the GeForce2 MX/Quadro2 MXR

family and have TwinView enabled, on the TwinView control panel, right-

click the monitor icon to display the context menu and click Select Output

Device to display the Device Selection control panel.

3 Click the Digital Flat Panel Option as shown in Figure 7.7 and click Apply.

The message in Figure 7.8 appears.

4 Click OK before the message times out. The Confirm Display Settings

message in Figure 7.9 appears on your DFP display.

5 Click Yes before the message times out. Your TwinView and entire

Windows display now shifts to the or DFP (Figure 7.10).

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