Re: Two Display in W2000?

From: W. Watson (wolf_tracks_at_invalid.inv)
Date: 03/19/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 00:59:00 GMT

W. Watson wrote:

> Steve Parry [MVP] wrote:
>
>> In news:U9f6c.27274$%06.5337@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net,
>> W. Watson <wolf_tracks@invalid.inv> fumbled, fiddled and fingered:
>>
>>> I thought I'd try to use two displays in W2k. One with a PCI card,
>>> and the other with an AGP card. Both monitors did come up, but it
>>> looks like the PCI card lags behind. In fact, it's stuck at the
>>> opening w2k screen. The AGP monitor reflects the current state.
>>> Anyone know if this is fixable?
>>
>>
>>
>> Both cards have to have drivers that are compatible with this feature.
>>
>> I played around with it on my PC at work and got it to work well.
>>
>> But it took some time to find a card that would work with the onboard
>> Dell/Intel one
>>
>>
> Thanks. I just recalled that it takes something like a recent version of
> ActiveX, or is DirectX, to get this to operate? If not that, then
> drivers, as you suggested. Now to determine which PCI graphics card I
> really have. I'm borrowing it. I know it's a Diamond.
>
Well, it's a Diamond 3D 2000 Pro. I wasn't able to find a driver for it on the
Diamond web site. I did update DirectX but that didn't help.

It may be that something is fundamentally wrong. When I have both cards in, then
during start up, I get an audible long beep followed by 2-3 shorter beeps. There's
nearly a five minute wait before anything appears on the AGP monitor. Prior to the
DirectX update, I would get some early w2000 screen frozen on the PCI monitor, but
now nothing. I get no audible beeps like above when only the AGP or PCI card is used.
There must be some conflict between the two cards. 

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