9800 Pro Dual Monitor (DVI / Analog VGA)

[krocodile]

Just curious,
Is there a way to allow the Analog to take priority over the DVI connector? When I plug a monitor into the DVI and boot up Windows XP, XP automatically changes the order so that my monitor on the DVI is #1, and my Analog is #2.
Also, when the above settings were that way, I would tell XP to make my analog the primary and disable my DVI monitor. BUT when I did that, all the sudden the display goofed up big time. I could click on START, ALL PROGRAMS (which is now displayed on my analog), and when I clicked the START menu off, it would leave the menu on the screen and hang the system for about 2 seconds. Then the menu would go away and leave a black bar. The black bar eventually go away on it's own. I guess you could call this Graphic Corruption in windows.
Everything works fine in SINGLE monitor mode with just the Analog alone. Has anybody had any issues, or do you have any suggestions to getting things up and running like I want using Dual Monitor? I'm a first ATI owner, so bare with me :)

Thanks!

[saturnotaku]

If you want to continue to use dual displays, Ultramon (http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/) is supposedly an excellent tool for configuring setups on ATI cards. I don't run dual displays myself, but have read a lot of good things about this particular piece of software.

[krocodile]

Cool deal bud. Thanks for the reply. I'm very happy with this 9800 Pro so far. It's got great IQ on all my existing games, definitely a noticeable difference from my other Video Card. Just kind of bummed that my Dual Mon. is causing me headaches, cause on my previous card it worked very hassle free. *shrugs*. I wish that somehow I could tell the 9800 that my DVI is the second output, maybe that's just the design of the card to make DVI connections priority? I only got a 15" DVI, so its' a little small and to low refresh rate for my games I play. Any more ideas anybody?

[IISquintsII]

Hvae you downloaded Hydravision?

[GlowStick]

Hello my good man,

Im a bit confused about your situation, but i have the same card, with about the same setup. I play games on my CRT monitor just fine.

Here is what you need to do.

Right click on the desktop, Properties.

Then click on the Settings Tab, you should see Two Boxes with 1 and 2 in them. Those Represent your Monitors.

Now press Identify, on your screen Giant 1 and 2's will appear, now note mentaly what monitor is what number.

Now click on the box with the number that is your CRT, then select 'Use this device as the primary monitor.'

That should do it, you can drag your task bar anyware you want, it dose not matter. Now, some funny windows things is soemtimes if you install a new program and it makes a icon, it will appear on the wrong screen, whats up with that i dont know, it sometimes dose it, some times dosent.

BTW i wrote this for windows XP, probly the same for 2k, not sure about 98/me.

As a side note, HydraVision and Ultramon do not effect the way how windows handles two or more monitors, they just add cool features.

also, you can drag the boxes with the nubmers in them around to change the 'virtual' orientation.

[krocodile]

sorry there glow.... i was typing away like crazy trying to explain my weird dilema. I was able to do what you described above by making my CRT my primary monitor. BUT, for some reason when I did that, i got some graphic abnormalities (nothing overclocked). My start button would freeze the machine for 2 seconds, and then leave a black line on the screen. Once I disconnect the LCD all together, everything was fine. I thought maybe it had something to do with the DVI and Analog outputs being used in that way (with Analog being primary). But, it sounds like you are working good, so maybe I should try re-installing my video driver or something. Thanks a lot for everyone's replies!