Quick EyefinitySingle monitor swap [Tip]

Ergonpandilus · Post by **Ergonpandilus** » 08 Oct 2011, 22:44

Use Presentation mode, by pressing +

, and select "Computer Only" for single monitor and "Duplicate" for Eyefinity. The best thing is that the two other monitors will shutdown, unlike playing with Catalyst profiles via shortcuts. You can also change which monitor is displaying the picture, by going to resolution setup from right click menu on desktop.

sprewell · Post by **sprewell** » 30 Oct 2011, 11:34

That's a good find. Thanks.

Post by **Haldi** » 30 Oct 2011, 21:28

Nice.... but i still prefer Stupid CCC Presets! Why? Because you can autostart file while changingmodes. Also a .thm for Wallpapers.

Post by **Abram** » 01 Dec 2011, 13:04

Neat. I always knew of the Windows + P thing, but never considered it for Eyefintiy..

Good thing, too. Presets have no worked for me since CCC 10.something

thanks, guy

Wow, this also remembers all three monitor position in Extended mode, and whatever resolutions any mode is set to.. Something CCC has almost never done. Sheesh.

thanks again. I've told other of this trick and they too, have shit kittens.

3lfk1ng · Post by **3lfk1ng** » 05 Dec 2011, 18:27

oh man, I totally forgot about that. I feel totally lame for not thinking to use that. I will utilize this often.

I love overclocking and running benchmarks but benchmark scores/ performance are reduced when all three monitors are linked in Eyefinity. I hate having to change profiles or unplug the monitors to get a proper score. This way I will be able to disable 2 monitors, run the benchmark, and them immediate go back to having a proper eyefinity setup.

Thank you for the reminder.

Post by **AussieTimmeh** » 13 Jan 2012, 10:21

I just tried this (it was on duplicate already on my current Eyefinity setup) and it BSOD'ed for me when I went to Computer Only. Do you need to change your resolution to a single monitor res before attempting the change?

I've tried changing to different single monitors and every time it corrupts the display and then BSODs. Frustrating for sure. Still trying to work this out.

Can't even get back to Eyefinity now, going to try changing the drivers.

Still no luck. The problem is definitely when I try to go to a single monitor, it corrupts and BSODs. I can't even re-configure Eyefinity because it requires starting with a single screen. I tried updating to 11.12,same problem. Trying a system restore now. This (like most of AMDs drivers) sucks.

Thank goodness for System Restore. This presentation thing doesn't work for me personally because for some dumb reason I can't run in single monitor mode at all.

Post by **Abram** » 13 Jan 2012, 17:12

I've been using this little trick since I first responded , and it still work great, over a couple different rigs and driver versions/video cards. And I've been passing it around to other EF uses.

Still awesome, helpful, and easy. I'm glad this got bumped, as I completely spaced on who posted it in the first place.

So a big Rep+ for you!

Thats too bad, Aussie. What BSOD error code are you getting?

Post by **Wijkert** » 13 Jan 2012, 23:02

I like this thing a lot for switching between eyefinity, extended and single monitor. The problem is is that when I select 'Computer Only' the right monitor is the one who stays on and not the center monitor. Anyone any idea how to change that?

Post by **Bifurk8** » 14 Jan 2012, 17:18

Thanks for the tip! This does exactly what I was using CCC profiles for but they're flakey and don't always remember the correct arrangement for my monitors. Windows Key + P is working flawlessly.

Post by **Wijkert** » 15 Jan 2012, 18:12

To answer my own question. Selecting 'projector only' fixed my problem.

Post by **Abram** » 16 Jan 2012, 04:27

I actually wrote a long-winded reply, then when i hit reply, i got a page saying the site would be down for an hour...

Any, the gist of it was suggesting making your centre display designated as #1 in teh array. I think that Projector Only works because they are usually designated as #2, and that's why it works for you. But no matter now, guess.

Post by **Wijkert** » 16 Jan 2012, 10:10

Thanks for writing it anyway, even if it didn't end up as a post. After figuring out that Projector Only worked for me I realized that it had something to do with how my displays are ordered. Didn't post it because I wasn't 100% sure.

YouTube · Post by **ViciousXUSMC** » 17 Jan 2012, 00:22

Tried this out, for me it doesnt work so well it does go from eyefinity to single screen but it goes single screen to my right monitor instead of center.

If I can get this to work and it saves my aspect ratio scaling option I will be very happy as that is the only issue I have with switching via profiles.

Post by **AussieTimmeh** » 17 Jan 2012, 05:18

Thats too bad, Aussie. What BSOD error code are you getting?

Good question, it only stays on for a short time before the computer reboots. I'll see if I can find out.

It must be a registry type issue regarding single monitor setup I don't know how to rebuild it without totally re-installing Windows.

I can choose single monitor resolutions while in an Eyefinity setup (and it mirrors the desktop on all three) but I can't go to one monitor either through Windows-P as described here, via the CCC, or via Windows Screen Resolution without the video corrupting with artifacts and then BSODing.

I fear I will need to re-install Windows to correct this issue, I'll see if I can get a BSOD error code.

YouTube · Post by **ViciousXUSMC** » 17 Jan 2012, 05:48

If you turn off system protection option to automatically reboot on blue screen you can read the error and then manually reboot after you read it.

Post by **AussieTimmeh** » 22 Jan 2012, 03:33

Ok, I had some time to look at this today. The frustration nearly killed me, but I solved it in the end.

My problem is corruption and crashing when in single monitor mode.

I tried physically disconnecting all the monitors and booting with only one connected at a time. No matter which monitor was connected, it would corrupt and crash, as per my attachments, often resulting in a BSOD, again as pictured.

So I started the PC and quickly changed to 2 monitors before it corrupted, then I tried to uninstall the video driver and it also BSOD'd.

So I started it in safe mode, uninstalled the video card in Device Manager, ran Driver Sweeper, and then rebooted. Downloaded CCC 11.12 and installed it ok. It started ok in two monitors, then went to a single monitor fine, then setup an Eyefinity group first time without issue! A freekin miracle for me.

So the test was the Windows-P solution as stated in this thread and it worked fine.

Thank goodness for that, my old drivers were the issue. I had tried uninstalling 11.9 and installing 11.12 prior to today but had the same issue. Lesson learned - uninstalling doesn't do enough, Driver Sweeper is totally necessary.

So now the solution in this thread works awesome. Thank goodness for that.

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YouTube · Post by **ViciousXUSMC** » 25 Jan 2012, 05:05

I still have to find a way to make it work for the center monitor short of physically changing the connections of my monitor and that is not an option due to cable lengths.

Maybe after I am in "single monitor mode" I can move it via CCC and it will stick. Not sure.

Post by **Abram** » 26 Jan 2012, 09:03

Is your centre display designated as #1? It seemed to work for me.

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