Problems with switching Displays..help.....

merlinxi

For some reason with Windows Vista and NOT XP, when I switch displays from my Monitor, onto my 42" TV with an HDMI cable the system hangs and freezes and blinks on and off on the TV and eventually crashes. With XP it switches to the TV with no problem. I have the 7950 GX2 and the latest NVIDIA drivers. The only way to actually get it on my TV is boot the computer with my TV on, then it works, but if I go to switch back to my monitor it's fine. But if i switch back to the TV it freezes, I don't understand why this is happening, it makes no sense.

Help me please.

yes I have the latest drivers from the nvidia site.

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merlinxi

Anyone....

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merlinxi

I really really need help with this, because it's really really annoying. So please does anyone have a solution or suggestion???

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CDsDontBurn

have you tried to use a DVI to DVI connection? are trying to set up your TV as the primary display and switching it back between the standard monitor and you TV? also, seeing that this is the 7950gx2 card, do you have SLI disabled in Vista?

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merlinxi

On the back of my TV there is only HDMI inputs, and Composite inputs. With XP this works perfectly. It's got to be Vista causing the problem. I have tried switching back to Single Core mode, or Multi-Display mode not Multi-GPU mode. And it still does the same thing. After awhile the screen blinks on and says a file has crashed but been recovered. Then it just loops the process and I can't get control of the computer.

But if I reset the computer abnormally, it will boot into Vista with the TV on. And then it works fine, how does this makes sense?

Also if I do boot with the TV, it will not boot with the TV activated unless I activate it FIRST through the NVIDIA control panel, in which I still have to abnormally reboot to get it to work.

I can also switch back to my normal monitor with NO problem what so ever.

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CDsDontBurn

i am thinking that this is going to be something with the OS like you're saying if it's happening in Vista but not winXP

have you tried to use the composite out on the video card seeing that your TV has composite inputs? what about using slightly older drivers like the 175.16s?

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sterben

I think you have to apply the settings through advanced settings with the Nvidia panel, can't remember from the top of my head but I'm sure there's something you didn't do.