[Dxbase] interesting problem

[Alan Leith]

I got a great ATI AGB card with digital output to two monitors.  Every time
I tried to load the drivers I got the blue screen of death.  After 15 hours
of muckin' around I took it back and exchanged it for an nVidia card that
didn't have two outputs but I tried it using the onboard video for the old
monitor and the new card for the new monitor.  I didn't like it.  Now I'm
using a USB jobbie from GXT, and while it works (and is worth the bargain
price I paid), I'm not completely satisfied.  I don't really need or want to
use my new monitor for logging (the old 15" will do) so I'll learn to live
with it.  If I want to do any of that stuff with DXB I'll just move the
program to the main monitor.  While it is annoying and probably unnecessary,
I'll deal with it and not loose a nanosecond if sleep.

And of course you didn't know about the second monitor because I had
neglected to mention it.  Silly me!!!

And I still can't watch a video (on-line or DVD) on my new monitor.  I know
there's a fix but I haven't found it.

73

Al, VE1AL




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Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 1:55 PM
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Subject: RE: [Dxbase] interesting problem

Ooops.
I didn't know you had added the second monitor.
I experienced that way back and never been able to solve it either.
So I just keep DXB on the 'primary' monitor.

Curious, what kind of video card?
Is it a Dual port card like nVidia that I have or are you using two
different video cards, one for each monitor?


On 2/23/2008 11:28:58 AM, Alan Leith (aleith at syd.eastlink.ca) wrote:
> Problem sort of solved.  I recently added a second monitor and Pete, 
> W2IRT,
>
> suggested I will not be able to use the dropdowns on the 2nd monitor.
> He's
> right.  Everything works fine on my 19" monitor but not on the old 15" I
> have relegated to my operating desk.  No big deal -- I can move from one 
> to
> the other to make changes.  I'd
> like to fix it but it seems to be one of
> those problems that's not going to go away.
>
> Thanks to all for their suggestions.
>
> 73
>
> Al, VE1AL
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