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Forums -> Multiple monitors -> 4 monitors
Kyle   2004-08-02 09:31
I have 2 dual head video cards. One is a AGP Geforce FX 5200 128 mb and the other is a PCI Geforce FX 5200 128 mb. We will just call the AGP card, card 1 and the PCI card, card 2. This is my current setup.

Card 1 DVI, S-Video, VGA
(N/A) (N/A) (primary)

Card 2 VGA, S-Video, VGA
(sec. left) (N/A) (sec. right)

With this setup everything works the way I want it to, but when I add the TV to the S-video of Card 1 it doesn't detect one of the secondary monitors on Card 2. I have removed Card 2 before and tried VGA + S-Video and it works fine.
I have looked into the advanced controls for Card 1 and it doesnt show the option for DualView. I have had all 4 plugged in and tried to detect all monitors which didn't work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Tantalus   2004-08-02 09:45
let me see if i am understanding you correctly...you appear to be currently running 3 displays (1 on card 1 and 2 more on card 2) and when you attempt to connect tv out on #1, it's knocking off one of the outputs from card #2?

asuming the above...some things to try.

a) what about running using the s-video on the pci card instead, ie. run dual display on card 1 and one display & tv on #2.

b) if (A) does not work, what is the primary monitor defined under the bios?
Kyle   2004-08-02 09:49
I will try that. Thanks.
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