{"id":9232,"date":"2024-09-28T10:29:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T10:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/?p=9232"},"modified":"2024-09-28T10:55:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T10:55:02","slug":"how-to-change-primary-monitor-at-boot-on-your-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-change-primary-monitor-at-boot-on-your-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Primary Monitor at Boot on Your Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='epvc-post-count'><span class='epvc-eye'><\/span>  <span class=\"epvc-count\"> 18,690<\/span><span class='epvc-label'> Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p>To change primary monitor your computer uses at boot, you can adjust the settings either in your system\u2019s BIOS\/UEFI or in your operating system settings. Here\u2019s how to do it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. <strong>Through BIOS\/UEFI (Before the OS Loads)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Restart your computer<\/strong> and enter the BIOS\/UEFI settings. You usually do this by pressing a key like <strong>Delete<\/strong>, <strong>F2<\/strong>, <strong>F10<\/strong>, or <strong>Esc<\/strong> during the boot process (the exact key varies by manufacturer).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once in the BIOS\/UEFI menu, look for settings related to <strong>display<\/strong>, <strong>graphics<\/strong>, or <strong>primary display adapter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change the <strong>primary display<\/strong> setting to the desired monitor. This might involve selecting the monitor connected via HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI, or VGA, depending on your setup.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save the settings and exit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. <strong>Through the Operating System (After Boot)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you want to switch monitors only after the operating system has loaded, this can be done in the display settings:<ul><li><strong>Windows<\/strong>:<\/li><\/ul><ol><li>Right-click on the desktop and select <strong>Display Settings<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Identify the monitors by clicking <strong>Identify<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Scroll down to <strong>Multiple displays<\/strong> and select which monitor should be the <strong>main display<\/strong> (this affects where the taskbar and desktop icons appear).<\/li><li>Click <strong>Apply<\/strong> to save the changes.<\/li><\/ol><ul><li><strong>macOS<\/strong>:<\/li><\/ul>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>System Preferences<\/strong> > <strong>Displays<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the <strong>Arrangement<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drag the white bar to the monitor you want to be the main one.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want the boot sequence (BIOS, boot logo) to appear on a specific monitor, adjusting the BIOS\/UEFI settings is typically required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To simply change the primary monitor your computer utilizes at boot, you can easily fine-tune the system settings either in the BIOS\/UEFI of your system or in the settings of your operating systems with the help of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/gpu-dedicated-server\"><mark style=\"background-color:#8ed1fc\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>best GPU dedicated server<\/strong><\/mark><\/a>. Here are some steps by which you can do it without putting in a lot of effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18,690 Views To change primary monitor your computer uses at boot, you can adjust the settings either in your system\u2019s BIOS\/UEFI or in your operating system settings. Here\u2019s how to do it: 1. Through BIOS\/UEFI (Before the OS Loads) 2. Through the Operating System (After Boot) If you want the boot sequence (BIOS, boot logo) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gpu-server"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9232"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9237,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9232\/revisions\/9237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}