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Dual head video card requires both mon turned on during boot
Many video card with with two outputs have a bad habbit of disabling one of
the output if the attached monitor is off during boot. I use one monitor most of the time and want to use two occasionally. To have to turn on both during boot is a pain. In win XP, this problem can sometimes be overcome by choosing generic SVGA instead of PnP monitor. Now, I'm running vista and this trick doesn't work. I'm using an old Geforce4 440 MX card with microsoft driver. Is there another solution to this problem? If I buy a new card (also with 2 outputs), is there some card that comes without this problem? Or, is there a fake monitor simulator that I can plug in the video port between my monitor and the computer so it thinks the monitor is on? |
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Dual head video card requires both mon turned on during boot
"james" wrote in message
... Many video card with with two outputs have a bad habbit of disabling one of the output if the attached monitor is off during boot. I use one monitor most of the time and want to use two occasionally. To have to turn on both during boot is a pain. In win XP, this problem can sometimes be overcome by choosing generic SVGA instead of PnP monitor. Now, I'm running vista and this trick doesn't work. I'm using an old Geforce4 440 MX card with microsoft driver. Is there another solution to this problem? If I buy a new card (also with 2 outputs), is there some card that comes without this problem? Or, is there a fake monitor simulator that I can plug in the video port between my monitor and the computer so it thinks the monitor is on? How difficult can it be to press two buttons? -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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Dual head video card requires both mon turned on during boot
I cannot say I've ever seen this problem & I've been using dual monitors for
years, with various cards. I'd suggest that you are not using the dual monitor support/drivers supplied with your video card, but are instead using MS generic drivers. "james" wrote in message ... Many video card with with two outputs have a bad habbit of disabling one of the output if the attached monitor is off during boot. I use one monitor most of the time and want to use two occasionally. To have to turn on both during boot is a pain. In win XP, this problem can sometimes be overcome by choosing generic SVGA instead of PnP monitor. Now, I'm running vista and this trick doesn't work. I'm using an old Geforce4 440 MX card with microsoft driver. Is there another solution to this problem? If I buy a new card (also with 2 outputs), is there some card that comes without this problem? Or, is there a fake monitor simulator that I can plug in the video port between my monitor and the computer so it thinks the monitor is on? |
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Dual head video card requires both mon turned on during boot
DL;841784 Wrote: I cannot say I've ever seen this problem & I've been using dual monitors for years, with various cards. I'd suggest that you are not using the dual monitor support/drivers supplied with your video card, but are instead using MS generic drivers. "james" nospam@xxxxxx wrote in message news:%23odJ5GBHJHA.4956@xxxxxx Many video card with with two outputs have a bad habbit of disabling one of the output if the attached monitor is off during boot. I use one monitor most of the time and want to use two occasionally. To have to turn on both during boot is a pain. In win XP, this problem can sometimes be overcome by choosing generic SVGA instead of PnP monitor. Now, I'm running vista and this trick doesn't work. I'm using an old Geforce4 440 MX card with microsoft driver. Is there another solution to this problem? If I buy a new card (also with 2 outputs), is there some card that comes without this problem? Or, is there a fake monitor simulator that I can plug in the video port between my monitor and the computer so it thinks the monitor is on? Agreed. I've run dual monitors as well on multiple ATI video cards and never had said issue. Download the newest ForceWare driver from nVidia's website : http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us -- Cyberwolf |
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Dual head video card requires both mon turned on during boot
Since the Geoforce 4 chips do not have built in DX9 support many Vista
features will not work or will not work properly. "james" wrote in message ... Many video card with with two outputs have a bad habbit of disabling one of the output if the attached monitor is off during boot. I use one monitor most of the time and want to use two occasionally. To have to turn on both during boot is a pain. In win XP, this problem can sometimes be overcome by choosing generic SVGA instead of PnP monitor. Now, I'm running vista and this trick doesn't work. I'm using an old Geforce4 440 MX card with microsoft driver. Is there another solution to this problem? If I buy a new card (also with 2 outputs), is there some card that comes without this problem? Or, is there a fake monitor simulator that I can plug in the video port between my monitor and the computer so it thinks the monitor is on? |
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