Re: Two Display in W2000?

From: Steve Parry [MVP] (k100rs_1990_at_nospam.hotmail.com)
Date: 03/19/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:13:50 -0000

In news:oBr6c.28270$%06.9881@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net,
W. Watson <wolf_tracks@invalid.inv> fumbled, fiddled and fingered:
> W. Watson wrote:
>
>> Steve Parry [MVP] wrote:
>>
>>> In news:U9f6c.27274$%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.

Thats the sort of issue I meant about both cards having to be compatible
with one another and with the dual desktop feature

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;238886&Product=win2000

Hope that helps 

-- 
Steve Parry BA (Hons) MCP MVP
http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

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