What resolution is your PC desktop set to?
You get the BIOS screen because it is output at 480i by default by your ATI
card. I have trouble understanding how ATI can say that a device that is
only connected to their graphics card which are controlled by their drivers
can not see a device because of Vista which can only communicate with the
S-Video port via the ATI card drivers or via the system BIOS.
Another possibility is that your need a newer BIOS for your MOBO so I
suggest that you check to be sure you have the latest.
"Sabo, Eric" wrote in message
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JW,

I went through ATI support already and dell, still there are blaming vista
for this not working. Thanks for the information. Hopefully, I will
get
someone to resolve this issue for me.

"JW" wrote:

Some S-video scan converter chips will support a dektop resolution of
1024x768 when converting the image of the desktop to 480i. It is the ATI
Vista drivers for your X1300 card that control this not Vista itself

"Sabo, Eric" wrote in message
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JW,

Are you saying from I took a step down from windows XP? Under
Windows
XP
it worked just fine with higher resolution. If I would have know
Vista
has
this limitation I would have never went to it. Are you sure about
the
800x600?

"JW" wrote:

If you are trying to run in "clone" mode then your desktop resolution
probably has to be 800x600 or less since the X-video output from you
PC
probably does not support scan converting a higher resoluton to the
480i
s-video standard.

"Sabo, Eric" wrote in message
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I am trying to connect two displays to my computer using the ATI
Radeon
X1300
Video Adapter, I went to ATI and downloaded the latest drivers for
vista
32-bit OS. One monitor is using the standard connection VGA and I
am
trying
to connect my TV to the S-Video. The problem is that Vista does
not
detect
my TV display. I get the BIOS screen on my TV but when Vista goes
to
load
it switches back to the monitor. I want to be able to display on
both
displays.