Driver issues 7900gt PEG + Radion 9250 PCI, Nvidia ATI driver clash

bugmage · 08-24-07, 01:21 PM

Im trying to run 3 monitors at once and I cant seem to get the cards to play nicely, heres what ive tried:

7900gt(PEG, PCI express) + Radion 9250(PCI card)
ATI card shows up as 2 separate video cards in the device manager

-works
bios: peg
boot to xp, enable 9250, and it works, when i reboot however it doesnt work, so its only for that boot, i dont want to have to disable/renable it ever time i reboot

-doesn't work
-bios: peg primary ,xp freezes at boot, both cards enabled
-bios: pci primary , boots to 9250 card but the nvidia driver wont load at all

so its a driver clash issue, does anyone know a workaround? maybe someway you can have the video card disable itself at shutdown?
maybe delay the loading of the ati drivers till the nvidia ones are loaded?

maybe I can get a generic ati driver and use that for the card, i dont need it for games just for a 3rd or possible 4th display

john19055 · 08-27-07, 03:08 PM

It is a driver issue and I don't know a work around it unless you don't install a driver and just use the plain VGA driver for the Radeon 9250.

08-24-07, 01:21 PM	#1
bugmage Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 523	Driver issues 7900gt PEG + Radion 9250 PCI, Nvidia ATI driver clash Im trying to run 3 monitors at once and I cant seem to get the cards to play nicely, heres what ive tried: 7900gt(PEG, PCI express) + Radion 9250(PCI card) ATI card shows up as 2 separate video cards in the device manager -works bios: peg boot to xp, enable 9250, and it works, when i reboot however it doesnt work, so its only for that boot, i dont want to have to disable/renable it ever time i reboot -doesn't work -bios: peg primary ,xp freezes at boot, both cards enabled -bios: pci primary , boots to 9250 card but the nvidia driver wont load at all so its a driver clash issue, does anyone know a workaround? maybe someway you can have the video card disable itself at shutdown? maybe delay the loading of the ati drivers till the nvidia ones are loaded? maybe I can get a generic ati driver and use that for the card, i dont need it for games just for a 3rd or possible 4th display __________________ Custom Lexan case\|6x3 LED lights\|DIY lcd\|2 plasma tubes\|2 metior lights\|2 80gb sata2 deskstars raid 0\|1 WD 250gb sata1\| 8x dvd burner\| Nvidia 7900gt KO\|AMD 3800+ x2 240 x 10 per core\|2 x 1gig sticks of kingsten value ram-2-3-2-7\| onboard 6150 for quad moniter setup\|DIY projector\|watercooling : distilled water, mtc 40, antifreeze and listereen

08-27-07, 03:08 PM	#2
john19055 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,535	Re: Driver issues 7900gt PEG + Radion 9250 PCI, Nvidia ATI driver clash It is a driver issue and I don't know a work around it unless you don't install a driver and just use the plain VGA driver for the Radeon 9250. __________________ i7 920+Thermalright 120 U.E.+Gigabyte EX58-UD5 OCZ 6gig of DDR3 1600+S.B. X-Fi Titanium+BFG GTX 280OCX+2-W.D. Black 640g Raid-0+2-Seagate 500g 2-LG-22x SATA DVD's+Logitech G-15+G-9+G25Wheel+e5300 Speakers+Cooler Master HAF 932+UPC-1100watt+28" I-INC Monitor+50"LG 50PS60 Plasma HDTV +LG BD390 Blu-ray+ONKYO TX-SR707 Receiver Polk Audio Speakers Monitor 70's Front+CS2 Center+60's+30's Sur-round+PSW-505 Sub-Woofer

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