dual dvi monitor problems

RTilbury · Jul 9, 2005, 06:19 AM

*This is my friend who is having this problem, he did not have an account so I told him to post under my name.*

today i recieved my "new" gateway fpd1800 that i won on ebay last week. the reason i got this monitor is because i have had the same exact monitor for a few years now and wanted to run dual monitors. after work i went out to buy a vga to dvi converter and finally found one three stores later (both radioshack and best buy did not carry them) at frys for $12. i connected the second monitor to my ati 9600xt via the vga slot while keeping my first monitor connected to the dvi slot. following the directions from many different googled dual monitor configuration sites nothing seems to work.

my first thought was that the newly purchased monitor was dead, but after switching the cables it was clear that both monitors are working great.

second i thought that the vga slot on my video card was broken, but i attached my brothers crt and it ran dual monitors fine.

so now i can only figure that the problem is because of either the converter is busted, or the monitor cannot accept the converted signal (from the vga slot).

any suggestions, or anyone who has had similar problems would be very helpful. any information PLEASE.

Ferret_Style · Jul 9, 2005, 06:26 AM

just have to ask... you did enable the duel monitor support in the options of the video settings?

RTilbury · Jul 9, 2005, 06:47 AM

yes, as i stated before i was able to hook up my brothers crt along with one of the dvi monitors with no problems at all

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jul 9, 2005, 04:46 PM

ATI manual says that you're not supposed to use a 3rd party DVI - VGA converter, because some cards don't like them, however I haven't had a 3rd party DVI - VGA converter, so I wouldn't know.

Jul 9, 2005, 06:19 AM	#1
RTilbury DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 155 Rep Power: 0	dual dvi monitor problems This is my friend who is having this problem, he did not have an account so I told him to post under my name. today i recieved my "new" gateway fpd1800 that i won on ebay last week. the reason i got this monitor is because i have had the same exact monitor for a few years now and wanted to run dual monitors. after work i went out to buy a vga to dvi converter and finally found one three stores later (both radioshack and best buy did not carry them) at frys for $12. i connected the second monitor to my ati 9600xt via the vga slot while keeping my first monitor connected to the dvi slot. following the directions from many different googled dual monitor configuration sites nothing seems to work. my first thought was that the newly purchased monitor was dead, but after switching the cables it was clear that both monitors are working great. second i thought that the vga slot on my video card was broken, but i attached my brothers crt and it ran dual monitors fine. so now i can only figure that the problem is because of either the converter is busted, or the monitor cannot accept the converted signal (from the vga slot). any suggestions, or anyone who has had similar problems would be very helpful. any information PLEASE. Last edited by RTilbury; Jul 9, 2005 at 06:25 AM.

Jul 9, 2005, 06:47 AM	Thread Starter #3
RTilbury DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 155 Rep Power: 0	yes, as i stated before i was able to hook up my brothers crt along with one of the dvi monitors with no problems at all

Jul 9, 2005, 04:46 PM	#4
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	ATI manual says that you're not supposed to use a 3rd party DVI - VGA converter, because some cards don't like them, however I haven't had a 3rd party DVI - VGA converter, so I wouldn't know.