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Having an issue with 2nd monitor using hdmi
I do work from home. As I become older my eyes are getting worse and now need to wear bifocal glasses. This has been a detriment to my work from home job as I was having issues seeing the work I was doing on my laptop's tiny 14" screen. I've since added a 24" external monitor which has greatly improved my work (and income).
This first monitor I had connected to my laptop via a VGA cable. I had once thought I could only use that as when I tried to connect the hdmi, it only mirrored what was on my laptop. What I found out today was that I had missed a setting so that I could extend the screen via the hdmi just like I was doing with the VGA cable. During a test run though, unlike with the VGA cable, when I connected the monitor up, and started to run my programs, I only seen a "window" on my the second desk top that was actually smaller then my laptops screen!
Just to clarify. I opened a program on my external monitor, when it started to run, instead of going full screen it only took up say 1/3 of the 24" whole screen. The rest of the screen I could still see my windows desktop. I tried everything. Maximize, F11, even trying to "drag" the corners to see if I could make the image bigger. Nothing worked. I want to buy a 2nd external monitor to run off my laptop, but it doesn't make sense if I can't get a full screen going! Could it be the Radeon 8330 HD onboard graphics can't handle it, or am I missing another setting someplace?