Dual Monitor reboot problems

[jamie]

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I've just added a 2nd monitor to my Dell P4 (1.7ghz 786
ram) system with XP. Rather than buying a dual monitor
card I've added a Pine 3D Phantom PCI card alongside the
AGP card that was in the pc when I bought it (RAGE 128mb
or something).

The card was recognised fine, loaded up drivers etc and it
all worked fine until I switched off the pc and then went
back later and switched it back on. The computer won't
start up unless it's in safe mode and then I have to
uninstall and reinstall the new drivers each time I
reboot.

For some reason I don't experience the same problem when I
restart the computer - it switches itself off and on and
again with the correct configuration - only when I
manually switch off and switch on.

Just been on one site and some guy said he didn't think
you could run 2 VGA cards in the same system....

 

[Guest]

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You can run two video cards at one time. The primary is going to be your
AGP. You may have to change some settings in your BIOS to set AGP as
first, PCI as second. Also, it may be a driver conflict. In Safe Mode,
I would uninstall any software you installed for the Pine card,
uninstall the ATI drivers, REBOOT, and see if Windows can load. Once in
Windows (hopefully), install the latest ATI drivers and the latest Pine
3D Phantom drivers. Hopefully that works for you.

Nathan McNulty

Jamie wrote:

> I've just added a 2nd monitor to my Dell P4 (1.7ghz 786
> ram) system with XP. Rather than buying a dual monitor
> card I've added a Pine 3D Phantom PCI card alongside the
> AGP card that was in the pc when I bought it (RAGE 128mb
> or something).
>
> The card was recognised fine, loaded up drivers etc and it
> all worked fine until I switched off the pc and then went
> back later and switched it back on. The computer won't
> start up unless it's in safe mode and then I have to
> uninstall and reinstall the new drivers each time I
> reboot.
>
> For some reason I don't experience the same problem when I
> restart the computer - it switches itself off and on and
> again with the correct configuration - only when I
> manually switch off and switch on.
>
> Just been on one site and some guy said he didn't think
> you could run 2 VGA cards in the same system....

 

[jamie]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Thanks for coming back to me

Yes I did all the Bios stuff and the two monitors worked
fine. There were no driver conflicts highlighted
everything was said to be working fine.

What are the ATI drivers?
What if Windows doesn't load?
Where would I go to get the latest drivers - I guess the
websites for each card's manufacturers?

Thanks again


>-----Original Message-----
>You can run two video cards at one time. The primary is
going to be your
>AGP. You may have to change some settings in your BIOS
to set AGP as
>first, PCI as second. Also, it may be a driver
conflict. In Safe Mode,
>I would uninstall any software you installed for the Pine
card,
>uninstall the ATI drivers, REBOOT, and see if Windows can
load. Once in
>Windows (hopefully), install the latest ATI drivers and
the latest Pine
>3D Phantom drivers. Hopefully that works for you.
>
>Nathan McNulty
>
>Jamie wrote:
>
>> I've just added a 2nd monitor to my Dell P4 (1.7ghz 786
>> ram) system with XP. Rather than buying a dual monitor
>> card I've added a Pine 3D Phantom PCI card alongside
the
>> AGP card that was in the pc when I bought it (RAGE
128mb
>> or something).
>>
>> The card was recognised fine, loaded up drivers etc and
it
>> all worked fine until I switched off the pc and then
went
>> back later and switched it back on. The computer won't
>> start up unless it's in safe mode and then I have to
>> uninstall and reinstall the new drivers each time I
>> reboot.
>>
>> For some reason I don't experience the same problem
when I
>> restart the computer - it switches itself off and on
and
>> again with the correct configuration - only when I
>> manually switch off and switch on.
>>
>> Just been on one site and some guy said he didn't think
>> you could run 2 VGA cards in the same system....
>.
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

FYI - from experience, Dell's running both AGP and PCI video cards
"usually" not "always" require making the PCI card the primary card
used during boot (within the BIOS). Once XP is up and running, you
can change/make either card the primary display.

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"Jamie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2894c01c46403$18fdeb30$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I've just added a 2nd monitor to my Dell P4 (1.7ghz 786
> ram) system with XP. Rather than buying a dual monitor
> card I've added a Pine 3D Phantom PCI card alongside the
> AGP card that was in the pc when I bought it (RAGE 128mb
> or something).
>
> The card was recognised fine, loaded up drivers etc and it
> all worked fine until I switched off the pc and then went
> back later and switched it back on. The computer won't
> start up unless it's in safe mode and then I have to
> uninstall and reinstall the new drivers each time I
> reboot.
>
> For some reason I don't experience the same problem when I
> restart the computer - it switches itself off and on and
> again with the correct configuration - only when I
> manually switch off and switch on.
>
> Just been on one site and some guy said he didn't think
> you could run 2 VGA cards in the same system....