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Use the Samsung U70 or Mimo as Your Primary Monitor in Windows 7

We love the Samsung U70 and Nanovision Mimo Monitors. USB powered monitors mean less cabling and are much, much cheaper than 12V DC monitors. The problem is Samsung and Nanovision really think of these as peripheral monitors and it's not obvious how to set it up as your sole and primary monitor.

If you use Windows this is easier and for Windows 7 users there's a beta driver (which was alpha last week). Download it here:

http://www.displaylink.org/forum/showthread.php?p=121#post121

Installing the driver is easy (save to desktop, double-click to open, agree to their terms and conditions, and it wil linstall).

If you have your USB monitor attached and it's on, it will come on as a screen and you can drag and drop to it.

However, to make it your primary monitor, go:

Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Display > Adjust Resolution

You'll see both your desktops (in my case an Lenovo L1940p at 1440x900 and a Mimo 740 Touchscreen at 800x480):

Now  select your USB monitor (Display 2) with the cursor and change the Multiple Displays option from 'Extend these Displays" to "Show Desktop Only on 2" as I've shown below. Feel free to email me (michael at aleutia dot com) if you have any questions: