2 Display adapters in device manager??

scheitma · Feb 4, 2004, 12:11 AM

I have the newest omega drivers installed for my Ati 9500 NP, and I have 2 display adapters listed in device manager. Is this normal?

One says: Radeon 9500 - Secondary (Omega 2.5.14) and the other just says: Radeon 9500 (Omega 2.5.14) I only play one game online, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Raven Shield, and I am getting general protection faults all the time. I had them with the previous drivers too, but it is somewhat of a new problem. I don't think my problem is with these new drivers, but didn't know why there are 2 listed in device manager. Any thoughts? Thanks

Cleaner · Feb 4, 2004, 02:38 AM

heh...dont worry buddy..your just fine.

Dyre Straits · Feb 4, 2004, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by scheitma
I have the newest omega drivers installed for my Ati 9500 NP, and I have 2 display adapters listed in device manager. Is this normal?

One says: Radeon 9500 - Secondary (Omega 2.5.14) and the other just says: Radeon 9500 (Omega 2.5.14) I only play one game online, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Raven Shield, and I am getting general protection faults all the time. I had them with the previous drivers too, but it is somewhat of a new problem. I don't think my problem is with these new drivers, but didn't know why there are 2 listed in device manager. Any thoughts? Thanks

That is how it's supposed to be. You're in good shape!

twangman51 · Feb 5, 2004, 09:48 PM

You can disable the 'secondary' if you don't need it, i.e single monitor.

WildChild · Feb 6, 2004, 03:49 PM

Dual Display = Dual Adapters shown in display properties or hardware manager.Your fine...lol

nuG · Feb 6, 2004, 06:21 PM

Its supposed to be like that. I went from a AIW where it had one to a 9600xt that had two. I was confusedc at first but your ok.

twangman51 · Feb 6, 2004, 09:33 PM

Disable the secondary and see if affects your primary, if it does then re-enable it, but it doesn't need to be installed at all

Olds · Mar 28, 2004, 09:48 PM

Hello,

This seems to be the same problem that I have. I have a Sapphire 9800 pro (new), and originally installed the 4.3 cats. Worked great. I then installed the 4.3 Omega's (overwriting per instructions and uninstalling the control panel first), then tried the 4.2 omegas. I liked the 4.3 cats on my machine better (not taking anything away from Omega - the man has done a wonderful job on these drivers). Some machines just work better with different drivers. Anyway, I had restore points for all driver installations. I restored back to the 4.3 cats, instead of uninstalling the omegas (saw a warning about that somewhere). I must stress that the machine has not had any blue screens etc. I did notice that the device is showing up twice in device manager. I uninstalled, used driver cleaner, shut off system restore, etc., to get rid of the old files. Even went into the registry and deleted all ATI references. I did, however, find 2 omega files left after installation (deleted them). I wonder at this point if I should reinstall the driver, run cleaner, etc., or just disable the secondary. The card works great, but the images don't seem to be as crisp as they were when I first installed it.
One thing that I noticed was that under each of the devices resources, one had the IRQ's and I/O's, and the other just had memory range.
Glad I bought an ATI - the card is sooo much better than the Ti-4200 nvidia, and the drivers are much better

.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks,

Olds

System specs:

AMD XP 1600+
AOpen K77-333 board
1 gig PC 2700 ram
40 gig hd
network card
ATI 9800 Pro
latest via chipset drivers, etc.

Judas · Mar 28, 2004, 11:11 PM

It's normal Olds.... it shows to devices because the video card has dual Ramdacs... and esentially is 2 video cards... you can succesfully run 2 3D Accelled programs at the same time on 2 different monitors... Nothing to worry bout for the device... .don't try to disable it....

Olds · Mar 29, 2004, 03:18 AM

Thanks, appreciate the help. Nice to know that its nothing to worry about.

Olds

Judas · Mar 29, 2004, 05:02 AM

np..... come back anytime.... if i say something wrong... there is bound to be a dozen others on here to correct me.. or support me.... (and vice versa)

Feb 4, 2004, 12:11 AM	#1
scheitma DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	2 Display adapters in device manager?? I have the newest omega drivers installed for my Ati 9500 NP, and I have 2 display adapters listed in device manager. Is this normal? One says: Radeon 9500 - Secondary (Omega 2.5.14) and the other just says: Radeon 9500 (Omega 2.5.14) I only play one game online, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Raven Shield, and I am getting general protection faults all the time. I had them with the previous drivers too, but it is somewhat of a new problem. I don't think my problem is with these new drivers, but didn't know why there are 2 listed in device manager. Any thoughts? Thanks

Feb 4, 2004, 02:38 AM	#2
Cleaner MPSH GAMING Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hawaii Posts: 26 Rep Power: 0	heh...dont worry buddy..your just fine. __________________

Feb 5, 2004, 09:48 PM	#4
twangman51 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	You can disable the 'secondary' if you don't need it, i.e single monitor. __________________ twanger

Feb 6, 2004, 03:49 PM	#5
WildChild I'm Still Watching Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Jersey,U.S.A. Posts: 1,068 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Dual Display = Dual Adapters shown in display properties or hardware manager.Your fine...lol __________________ Knowledge is SCARY,Stupidity is REALLY frightening

Feb 6, 2004, 06:21 PM	#6
nuG is having a sexy party Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: East Coast Posts: 1,779 Rep Power: 0	Its supposed to be like that. I went from a AIW where it had one to a 9600xt that had two. I was confusedc at first but your ok. __________________ [COLOR=Black][/COLOR]

Feb 6, 2004, 09:33 PM	#7
twangman51 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	Disable the secondary and see if affects your primary, if it does then re-enable it, but it doesn't need to be installed at all __________________ twanger

Mar 28, 2004, 09:48 PM	#8
Olds DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Same problem-two devices listed Hello, This seems to be the same problem that I have. I have a Sapphire 9800 pro (new), and originally installed the 4.3 cats. Worked great. I then installed the 4.3 Omega's (overwriting per instructions and uninstalling the control panel first), then tried the 4.2 omegas. I liked the 4.3 cats on my machine better (not taking anything away from Omega - the man has done a wonderful job on these drivers). Some machines just work better with different drivers. Anyway, I had restore points for all driver installations. I restored back to the 4.3 cats, instead of uninstalling the omegas (saw a warning about that somewhere). I must stress that the machine has not had any blue screens etc. I did notice that the device is showing up twice in device manager. I uninstalled, used driver cleaner, shut off system restore, etc., to get rid of the old files. Even went into the registry and deleted all ATI references. I did, however, find 2 omega files left after installation (deleted them). I wonder at this point if I should reinstall the driver, run cleaner, etc., or just disable the secondary. The card works great, but the images don't seem to be as crisp as they were when I first installed it. One thing that I noticed was that under each of the devices resources, one had the IRQ's and I/O's, and the other just had memory range. Glad I bought an ATI - the card is sooo much better than the Ti-4200 nvidia, and the drivers are much better . Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, Olds System specs: AMD XP 1600+ AOpen K77-333 board 1 gig PC 2700 ram 40 gig hd network card ATI 9800 Pro latest via chipset drivers, etc.

Mar 29, 2004, 03:18 AM	#10
Olds DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Thanks, appreciate the help. Nice to know that its nothing to worry about. Olds