URGENT!!! My System Preferences doesnt show arrangement pane!!!

i have 2 displays working but they are in mirror.
i followed instrutions on help but i dont have nothing saying arrangement so i can put the displays in extended desktop.
can someone help me??
thanx!!

Hi, lindezas.
If the Arragement tab is missing, this means that your video card does not support Extended Desktop.
See this post on the Mac Mini Discussion.
Help from an older version of Mac OS X is more explicit on this topic. The article "Mac OS X: Multiple displays setup doesn't work" states:"The Arrange tab in Displays preferences only appears when you have more than one graphics card installed in your computer and your computer can display an extended desktop."The video card in your MIni can only support one display. A video splitter does not permit Extended Desktop.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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