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Ender1618 2005-10-20 04:30
I just bought a new Dell XPS 600 PentiumD (running XP pro with SP2), with a Geforce 6800 PCI-Express card as my main display card. Im trying to get a 3 monitor setup so i purchaced an additional Geforce 5500 FX PCI (with dual vga output), to use as a secondary vid card. I plugged in the PCI card, rebooted, XP detects the PCI card, I install the latest nVidia drivers, and reboot again.
When i reboot, the second mon (plugged into the PCI card) says it is recieveing signal but it is blank. I get to XP, i go to display->settings to set things up, but i dont see the other display adapter listed under the "Display:" label like it usually does for a multimon setup, plus i dont see those things where u activate, extend, identify, and reposition the other monitors displays in relation to the main display. Its acting as if the second display adapter isnt there. When i go to the device manager, under "Display Adapters", I see both cards listed, and both are said to be working.
Ive tried repositioning the PCI card, deleting the device under the device manager and reintalling the drivers, looking if there are any bios related settings, kicking it, but nothing seem to work.
Anyone have any clue why this doesnt work and how to fix it?
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Seahorse 2005-10-20 04:50
Download current 'official' nVidia drivers - 81.85 as of today.
Uninstall all graphics drivers, in control panel.
Reboot.
In BIOS set PCX primary (WinXP/XP64) or PCI if 98/ME/.
Reboot
Cancel any 'New hardware detected dialogues.
Instal Forceware 81.85s - ONCE - it runs both cards.
Follow steps in nView Wizard.
If the nView wizard fails to run and you are looking at one monitor:
Right click desktop, properties, settings, advanced, GForce tab, nView settings on pop out menu, select Dual view (for monitors hanging off primary card - I'm guessing 2).
Close this.
Back to Settings click on each monitor individually and set up resolution and refresh rates as appropriate. Tick 'Extend my desktop onto this monitor' box if blank on monitors 2 and 3.
Some older PCI cards prefer to be the Primary in BIOS, try this if option 1 fails.
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Mike
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