Jim Randell

Thank you Mr. Teck, but I do not see the part in that post about two external monitors. is there something I missed?

Thanks all, I will look all this over. -JR

Thank you Mr. Bronxteck! the card? by every profile I have been able to run, there appears to be only one card in the machine, the Nvidia quadro NVS 110m (AKA GeForce Go 7300). the back of the d620 provides a vga port, the dock (D/Port Advance Port Replicator model PROIX)also provides a vga, as well as a dvi-d port. I have my Dell 1800fp in the VGA, and the Dell 2309 in the DVI port. When I boot in windows and the D620 Display lid is closed, the two external monitors work to display one extended desktop. (The nvidia utility allows me to use any two of the three monitors at once) I am attempting to recreate the configuration where I can use the two external monitors (with or without the lid closed) I got the info I provided in the last post by booting using the Dell 2309, acquiring the info from EFI Studio, then rebooting with the other monitor and getting the info the same way. (I have not figured out the proper use of EFI Studio, so I do not make any changes to my settings with it) Perhaps I provided too much info. I hope the over all issue is not as perplexing as your concerns imply. (2 Dell monitors, 1 Dell laptop with two monitor ports - can I be the only one who has ever tried this?) Again (and again), my sincerest thanks, -JR

I believe I am real close, I feel certain a proper configuration file can be built from the following info. If some kind soul could help this clueless nube put this together, I will send you some home backed cookies. Anyone? Please? (I want to ignore the internal display when using this boot setup) Data for Display1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300: data for display2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300:

Well, real life forced its way into my weekend and I did not have much time for this. But I did a clean install onto a sandbox boot disk, precisely following instructions from this sites procedures, and then did the "Fixes" as described above. I found that on a new install, if I set the main display to be one of the external monitors, from that point forward, it will only see that external monitor, and the internal display. No combination of pre-boot/post-boot plugging/unplugging (at 1024x768 and/or 800x600) would allow me to use the other external monitor. If no one has a more specific procedure to try, I might follow this path next: I am guessing there is a text file, similar to the linux xorg.conf file, which describes the monitors and their attributes. Does anyone know the name/path of this file and point me to a guide explaining proper configuration? Or better still, has anyone with a d620 and a dock (D/Port Advance Port Replicator model PROIX) and two external monitors (DVI and VGA), been able to make this work? If yes, might I be able to obtain a copy of your Extra folder, as well as the other necessary parameters used to configure the boot process? Thanks, -JR

Thanks Bronteck, Will Try out As soon As I get home today!!! -JR

Hello All, Big fan of this site! I am in love with my DellBookPro . I have overcome every obstacle in my path by researching your site, but I am hung up on one issue and it has been driving me crazy. I have been searching and reading posts for weeks attempting to find a way to run two external monitors off my D620 as one extended desktop, not mirrored. I am using a doc (D/Port Advance Port Replicator model PROIX) so I have a VGA and a DVI-D Port (I have no need for the internal display when docked). I can use the DVI, the VGA looks good during boot, but goes black before desktop loads. I have Found I can switch between the two monitors during boot by using the fn-f8 key, but using that key after boot freezes the system requiring a power off What have I tried? frankly, nothing. Between all the different tools, kexts, EFI injectors, different CPUs and configurations, and lets not even discuss versions and compatibly, I am overwhelmed and don’t know where to start . I have only ever used the drivers, instructions, etc, from this site, (but I thoroughly searched and read the others while looking for a solution to this issue) so I feel it is the best place to start. I have setup a partition on an external usb drive, to use as a sandbox. I am ready to dive in. I hope someone out there will be kind enough to help. If I could get this working, I would be eternally grateful. Thank you all again -JR Displays: DVI Port: DELL SP2309W: VGA Port: DELL 1500FP Display Card: nVidia Quadro NVS 110M EFI Chipset Model: nVidia Quadro NVS 110M EFI Type: GPU, Bus: PCIe, PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 64 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x01d7, Revision ID: 0x00a1 Hardware (D620): Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 4 MB Bus Speed: 667 MHz Boot ROM Version: MBP51.007E.005 SMC Version (system): 1.30f3 Memory: 2 GB ECC: Disabled DIMM_A: 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz DIMM_B: 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz System Software: System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.7 (10J869) Kernel Version: Darwin 10.7.0 Boot Volume: DellBookHD Boot Mode: Normal Secure Virtual Memory: Not Enabled 64-bit Kernel and Extensions: No