Guest SoDakRah Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 I am setting up a system with four monitors using two Radeon Sapphire graphics cards. However, we need to use the video port on the motherboard as the primary screen for a total of five monitors. When I plug everything in and install the drivers i reboot and monitor 2 comes up to the Windows XP loading screen. Then blanks out and none of the screens show anything. All monitor power lights are amber except for monitor two which is green but the screen is black. Any ideas?
Guest smlunatick Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: Multiple Monitor Problem On Aug 8, 6:06 pm, SoDakRah <SoDak...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I am setting up a system with four monitors using two Radeon Sapphire > graphics cards. However, we need to use the video port on the motherboard as > the primary screen for a total of five monitors. When I plug everything in > and install the drivers i reboot and monitor 2 comes up to the Windows XP > loading screen. Then blanks out and none of the screens show anything. All > monitor power lights are amber except for monitor two which is green but the > screen is black. Any ideas? Check the motherboard's BIOS / CMOS settings. Some motherboards might have a default setting that if the motherboard detects a separate video card, it would turn off the on-board port. There should be a setting to turn this back on (but check with your motherboard settings / manual / manufacuter's web site.)
Guest SoDakRah Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: Multiple Monitor Problem I am leaning toward a motherboard problem. It is a new system but I think the board might be bad. Thanks "smlunatick" wrote: > On Aug 8, 6:06 pm, SoDakRah <SoDak...@discussions.microsoft.com> > wrote: > > I am setting up a system with four monitors using two Radeon Sapphire > > graphics cards. However, we need to use the video port on the motherboard as > > the primary screen for a total of five monitors. When I plug everything in > > and install the drivers i reboot and monitor 2 comes up to the Windows XP > > loading screen. Then blanks out and none of the screens show anything. All > > monitor power lights are amber except for monitor two which is green but the > > screen is black. Any ideas? > > Check the motherboard's BIOS / CMOS settings. Some motherboards might > have a default setting that if the motherboard detects a separate > video card, it would turn off the on-board port. There should be a > setting to turn this back on (but check with your motherboard > settings / manual / manufacuter's web site.) >
Guest smlunatick Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Re: Multiple Monitor Problem On Aug 8, 9:36 pm, SoDakRah <SoDak...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I am leaning toward a motherboard problem. It is a new system but I think > the board might be bad. Thanks > > "smlunatick" wrote: > > On Aug 8, 6:06 pm, SoDakRah <SoDak...@discussions.microsoft.com> > > wrote: > > > I am setting up a system with four monitors using two Radeon Sapphire > > > graphics cards. However, we need to use the video port on the motherboard as > > > the primary screen for a total of five monitors. When I plug everything in > > > and install the drivers i reboot and monitor 2 comes up to the Windows XP > > > loading screen. Then blanks out and none of the screens show anything. All > > > monitor power lights are amber except for monitor two which is green but the > > > screen is black. Any ideas? > > > Check the motherboard's BIOS / CMOS settings. Some motherboards might > > have a default setting that if the motherboard detects a separate > > video card, it would turn off the on-board port. There should be a > > setting to turn this back on (but check with your motherboard > > settings / manual / manufacuter's web site.) If the motherboard is new, then check the BIOS / CMOS setting before blaming a faulty board. The newer motherboard that have built-in video cards tend to be set up that if the BIOS / CMOS detects a PCI / PCI-Express video card, it might turn off the on-board video card. What is the model of the motherboard?
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