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More info?)
When I had my MSI GF4Ti4400 I had this issue. Luckily I have an AG Neovo
F-419 which has both DVI and analogue inputs, and I simply connected
both ports on the card, set the DVI to primary in the windows driver,
but the analogue still displayed for BIOS, DOS, etc.
Just transferred over to an AGP Galaxy 6600GT 128mb and I just connected
it exactly the same way. Both work fine. I must say I've not tried it
using just one.
Note you only need the windows driver to be set to single display not
clone, dualview, etc.
Neil.
In message <1I8Fd.58606$6l.40099@pd7tw2no>, Homer J. Simpson
<hjsimpson@springfield.usa> writes
>Is the DVI port on your video card the primary port? If not, the analog VGA
>port is the primary port and will be the only port active during POST and
>therfore DOS mode. The DVI port will not become active until the video
>driver is loaded by WIndows. This is the way it worked when I was using a
>G4Ti4600 with my LCD panel.
>
>So the answer to your question "Is this normal?" is YES for the older
>generations of video cards where the DVI port is not the primary video port.
>If you need to work in DOS mode you will have to use the VGA port on the
>video card, that is, if your LCD panel has an analog VGA port. Yep, I found
>it inconvenient so I upgraded my video card.
>
>I am now using a 6800GT with my 20.1" LCD where the DVI port is the primary
>port on the video card and always get a digital video signal. The default
>video resolution during POST, as detected by the LCD panel, is 1280x1024
>digital.
>
>"Mike" <mikeasco.@.easynews.com> wrote in message
>news:5ga9u05ch58ceutedfpgjaj64cr09cdntl@4ax.com...
>>I have a 20" DVI LCD display with a FX5900 DVI
>> card, connected with a DVI cable.. Windows works
>> fine, only I can't see dos, or even get into my
>> BIOS for that matter..
>> Is this normal?
>> Anyone else have this problem??
>>
>> MIKE..
>
>
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Neil J Bundy
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