Wrong screen used as primary when booting..?

Craigathorn · September 23, 2016

Hi all,

for some reason my PC has taken a liking to using the incorrect screen when booting up, but then puts the desktop on to the correct screen when it fully loads.

Not major, however extremely annoying if I only plan to have my main screen on and it decides to install updates at startup (like it is now) meaning I get a little heart attack thinking my PC hasn't booted correctly until I turn the second screen on to see what's happening..

any ideas as as to why it does this?? Could it really be the simple matter of that may have been the screen I plugged in first when configuring the setup?

FurdTurgeson · September 23, 2016

2 minutes ago, Craigathorn said:

Hi all,

for some reason my PC has taken a liking to using the incorrect screen when booting up, but then puts the desktop on to the correct screen when it fully loads.

Not major, however extremely annoying if I only plan to have my main screen on and it decides to install updates at startup (like it is now) meaning I get a little heart attack thinking my PC hasn't booted correctly until I turn the second screen on to see what's happening..

any ideas as as to why it does this??

If you right click on your desktop, go to blahblahblahmanufacturer settings and there should be a setting that you can choose your "primary display" that should be the one you boot with.

(also noice Oreos, i want them now.)

Electronics Wizardy · September 23, 2016

It what ever monitor is plugged into the main video out put on the main gpu.

swap the ports and it should switch them

Craigathorn · September 24, 2016

15 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

It what ever monitor is plugged into the main video out put on the main gpu.

swap the ports and it should switch them

15 hours ago, WSADKeysGaming said:

If you right click on your desktop, go to blahblahblahmanufacturer settings and there should be a setting that you can choose your "primary display" that should be the one you boot with.

(also noice Oreos, i want them now.)

Thanks both, I had previously checked the manufacturer settings for primary display and that was set correctly which is why I was so confused..

Oddly enough though, just after I posted this the PC decided to switch the screen rounds by itself while installed the update! Which turned out to be the anniversary update, just in case you were wondering..

very odd but at least it's resolved