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Matrox G450 Gual Screen Problem????
I have 2 proline machines with the exact same problem. I insert the Matrox G450 graphics card and all seems to work, can see both screens in display options and when I "attach" the second screen, graphics show up on the second screen.
No errors in device manager, no conflicts.
Weird part is when I move the mouse to the second screen, the whole machine freezes up?
Played around with some windows where the cursor is still on screen 1, but the window is partly on screen two and that works, can move it around no problem. Only when the mouse cursor goes across to screen 2 does the system freeze up.
Really starting to irritate me.
Both Machines are running XP Pro.
No errors in device manager, no conflicts.
Weird part is when I move the mouse to the second screen, the whole machine freezes up?
Played around with some windows where the cursor is still on screen 1, but the window is partly on screen two and that works, can move it around no problem. Only when the mouse cursor goes across to screen 2 does the system freeze up.
Really starting to irritate me.
Both Machines are running XP Pro.
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Thanks for the reply. Please find below the specs of the two machines:
PC1 and PC2:
3.20 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
480MB RAM
Board: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-7222 2.00
Had a look and the minimum required RAM is 16MB for this card.
Any ideas?
PC1 and PC2:
3.20 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
480MB RAM
Board: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-7222 2.00
Had a look and the minimum required RAM is 16MB for this card.
Any ideas?
I'll have to look at this some more later but I did notice the board has a feature called 8X V-Link for the AGP.
There should be a setting in the BIOS for it.
See where it's set [on or off] and try it the other way.
You are using the AGP version of that video card - right?
Did you disable on-board video in the BIOS?
There should be a setting in the BIOS for it.
See where it's set [on or off] and try it the other way.
You are using the AGP version of that video card - right?
Did you disable on-board video in the BIOS?
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Fast reply ;)
It is the PCI version of the card...
There was a setting for "primary video" in the BIOS which I set to PCI.... But it still went through the onboard display....
It is the PCI version of the card...
There was a setting for "primary video" in the BIOS which I set to PCI.... But it still went through the onboard display....
That setting just tells it which video to use first. Doesn't disable anything.
Your BIOS doesn't have a way to disable on-board so Windows may be 'thinking' on-board video is for the second display.
A work around would be to disable the onboard video through Windows Device Manager by using the setting "Do not use in this profile" [Or similar wording].
That will cause Windows to look for something else to use for the second display.
Your BIOS doesn't have a way to disable on-board so Windows may be 'thinking' on-board video is for the second display.
A work around would be to disable the onboard video through Windows Device Manager by using the setting "Do not use in this profile" [Or similar wording].
That will cause Windows to look for something else to use for the second display.
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disabled the onboard screen card, but now it just freezes up at system start. ("preparing for network connection")....
Try Safe Mode
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Hi PCBONEZ
Safe mode does not allow me to change the display settings (at least not the PCI graphics cards' settings). Defaults to onboard screen card.
Trying a different machine to see if it gives the same problems.
Safe mode does not allow me to change the display settings (at least not the PCI graphics cards' settings). Defaults to onboard screen card.
Trying a different machine to see if it gives the same problems.
Yes but does it freeze in safe mode too?
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No..... Because it is running throug the onboard card. It seems as soon as it "touches" the PCI card it freezes...
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How much RAM?
What CPU?
My first -guess- would be that you don't have enough RAM to support the feature -and- do whatever you are doing.