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Rob 2004-02-24 09:31
I just recently got two Dell 2001fp LCD's for a dual-monitor setup. I have a Leadtek TI4400 AGP video card as my main video card and I just bought a Gainward FX5200 PCI video card for my second 2001fp LCD because I wanted both monitors on DVI connection. Well I got everything set up easily enough. But I have one problem, when I disable my secondary monitor or shut my computer off, my secondary monitor never goes into "power-save" mode (the mode where the screen shuts off but the power button is still on). It just turns the screen black and then gets a "self-test" box floating around the screen (the exact same thing it does when there isn't a cable physically connected to either analog or DVI inputs on the LCD). The interesting thing is that if I use the analog out from the Gainward PCI video card, the 2nd LCD works perfectly and switches to "power-save" mode when it is either diabled or the computer is off.
Is my card defective? Why wouldn't the DVI connection shut the 2nd monitor off when it is supposed to?
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ecarlson 2004-02-24 14:42
This doesn't sound like your problem, but I had a CRT monitor that wouldn't go into low power mode. It turns out that it had the powersave turned off in on-screen setup. I changed that setting and then it went to low power mode fine when I shut off the computer.
What happens if you swap the monitors between the 2 DVI outputs? Does the other monitor have the same problem on that card?
- Eric www.InvisibleRobot.com
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