This should be an easy one:

I'm on a Dell laptop with XP. No monitor is plugged into the VGA port
on the back. My laptop's LCD is working fine.

In Display Properties->Settings, there seem to be 2 displays that I can
change settings for:
1. Plug and Play monitor on Mobile Intel(r) 915GM/GMS 910GML Express
Chipset
2. (default monitor) on Mobile Intel(r) 915GM/GMS 910GML Express
Chipset

What's going on here? Why does it show 2 displays if my eyes only see
1? Careful - your answers here will probably lead to many more
questions, possibly involving EDID files.
-drew

Eventhough there is no display plugged in your VGA output the adapter shows
the settings available for that output. Perfectly normal.
--
"There are no shortcuts to a job well done"


"I Throw Thumbers" wrote:

> This should be an easy one:
>
> I'm on a Dell laptop with XP. No monitor is plugged into the VGA port
> on the back. My laptop's LCD is working fine.
>
> In Display Properties->Settings, there seem to be 2 displays that I can
> change settings for:
> 1. Plug and Play monitor on Mobile Intel(r) 915GM/GMS 910GML Express
> Chipset
> 2. (default monitor) on Mobile Intel(r) 915GM/GMS 910GML Express
> Chipset
>
> What's going on here? Why does it show 2 displays if my eyes only see
> 1? Careful - your answers here will probably lead to many more
> questions, possibly involving EDID files.
> -drew
>
>

Which one is my laptop's LCD?

G. More wrote:
> Eventhough there is no display plugged in your VGA output the adapter shows
> the settings available for that output. Perfectly normal.
> --
> "There are no shortcuts to a job well done"
>
>
> "I Throw Thumbers" wrote:
>
> > This should be an easy one:
> >
> > I'm on a Dell laptop with XP. No monitor is plugged into the VGA port
> > on the back. My laptop's LCD is working fine.
> >
> > In Display Properties->Settings, there seem to be 2 displays that I can
> > change settings for:
> > 1. Plug and Play monitor on Mobile Intel(r) 915GM/GMS 910GML Express
> > Chipset
> > 2. (default monitor) on Mobile Intel(r) 915GM/GMS 910GML Express
> > Chipset
> >
> > What's going on here? Why does it show 2 displays if my eyes only see
> > 1? Careful - your answers here will probably lead to many more
> > questions, possibly involving EDID files.
> > -drew
> >
> >

Most PC, including laptops, can now usually handle two (or more) monitors.
Since the laptop has a external VGA port, XP will set up a monitor setting for
this one.

On 06/10/2006 "I Throw Thumbers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>This should be an easy one:
>
>I'm on a Dell laptop with XP. No monitor is plugged into the VGA port
>on the back. My laptop's LCD is working fine.
>
>In Display Properties->Settings, there seem to be 2 displays that I can
>change settings for:
>1. Plug and Play monitor on Mobile Intel(r) 915GM/GMS 910GML Express
>Chipset
>2. (default monitor) on Mobile Intel(r) 915GM/GMS 910GML Express
>Chipset
>
>What's going on here? Why does it show 2 displays if my eyes only see
>1? Careful - your answers here will probably lead to many more
>questions, possibly involving EDID files.
>-drew
>

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