Multiple Monitor problem

[Alan]

I have an AGP Video card (ATI) and an nVidia PCI card
driving 2 seperate monitors. They are set-up as 1 & 2
with 1 as primary and 2 as extended desktop. Ok I here
you say, true but I have problems as the PCI (2) is being
used as the Primary and my Video Editing system needs the
AGP (1). Found out that PCI(2) is primary following a
look at the msinfo32 and displays, see below:

Any pointers so I can change so AGP is primary is
appreciated and hope the long post does not put you off. -

Name NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
PNP Device ID
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0110&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_B2
\4&3B1D9AB8&0&3040
Adapter Type RADEON 8500 AGP (0x4242), NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
Adapter RAM 64.00 MB (67,108,864 bytes)
Installed Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.5216
INF File oem5.inf (nv4 section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1280 x 1024 x 75 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xD4000000-0xD4FFFFFF
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xC7FFFFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys
(6.14.10.5216, 1.48 MB (1,550,043 bytes), 06/10/2003 14:16)

Name RADEON 8500
PNP Device ID
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4242&SUBSYS_0F121002&REV_00
\4&102AC5BC&1&00F0
Adapter Type GeForce2 MX/MX 400, ATI Technologies Inc.
compatible
Adapter Description RADEON 8500
Adapter RAM 64.00 MB (67,108,864 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 5.2.3790.2
INF File oem16.inf (ati2mtag_R200 section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1280 x 1024 x 75 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xC8000000-0xCFFFFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000D000-0x0000DFFF
Memory Address 0xD2000000-0xD201FFFF
Memory Address 0xD2020000-0xD202FFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 19
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ati2mtag.sys
(6.14.10.6392, 582.50 KB (596,480 bytes), 21/12/2003 19:28)

 

[RonK]

There is a setting in bios to have AGP as the first to initiate.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, forgot to say I had checked that.

-----Original Message-----
There is a setting in bios to have AGP as the first to initiate.





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[Nathan McNulty]

Ok, I got a few links for you, but first, I don't get why GeForce 2
isn't on the supported list. That may be part of your problem (see first
link for what I am talking about):

Supported Display Adapters0
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307397

Description of DualView
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;283674

How To Configure Multiple Monitors
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307873#6

 

[Guest]

Thanks Nathan, no idea why GF2 is not there either. btw I
installed the same card in another PC only this Wednesday
and it worked without porblem, the only difference was the
AGP card was different. ((((
The PC works great for everything dual monitor except for
my NLE so I am going to concentrate in that area. Thanks
again for your input.

Alan