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Dual head video card requires both mon turned on during boot



 
 
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Old September 21st 08, 05:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
James
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Default 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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Old September 21st 08, 06:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Mike Hall - MVP[_3_]
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Default 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?


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Old September 21st 08, 08:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
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Default 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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Old September 22nd 08, 08:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Cyberwolf[_2_]
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Default 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


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Old September 22nd 08, 01:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
Curious[_4_]
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Default 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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