This issue is very strange and I have no idea on how to continue to troubleshoot it.
I have two monitors.
1. My main one (bigger), which is a Dell U2713HM (1440p).
2. The second one, a Dell U2414H (1080p) (portrait)
Even though the bigger monitor is effectively my primary one, Windows reads it as display #2 because of the ports I am using on the graphics card.
I have been using this combo since Jan 2015, without absolutely any issues.
I currently use an Nvidia GTX 980.
This is happening on Windows 10 fully updated.
The issue:
I installed a new game. When I opened the game and set the resolution to 2560x1440 the secondary display glitched out. Showing Windows and my wallpaper as if it was on 1440p (think disproportionate).
This behavior had already happened before because of the difference of resolution between the two (1440p vs 1080p). It happened on Unreal 4, since both games use the same engine I didn't think much and just turned the secondary display off. Just as I have done plenty of times while playing Unreal 4. Never had any issues because of this.
When I finished playing my game and turned the secondary display on again, I got no image.
These are the things I tried:
- I tried turning it off and on again.
- I tried reconnecting it into the Graphics Card.
- I tried installing the latest driver with a clean sweep.
- I tried making Windows and the Nvidia control panel detect it.
Things I have noticed:
- Windows simply does not show the monitor whatsoever.
- The Nvidia Control Panel shows the monitor *if connected to the port that it always was*, but I can't enable it, nothing happens when I click the checkbox, and when it does it simply unchecks it after I click.
- If I simply change the port from the Graphics card to another display port the display is not shown anywhere, not even in the Nvidia control panel as above.
- As I stated, the secondary display was actually the #1, so naturally the motherboard and Windows boot screen would always be displayed on it. That's not the case anymore, instead the boot video is not shown at all.
- I can verify that the display menu options still show on screen
Currently I have no extra cables I could use to test on my notebook.
I have two monitors.
1. My main one (bigger), which is a Dell U2713HM (1440p).
2. The second one, a Dell U2414H (1080p) (portrait)
Even though the bigger monitor is effectively my primary one, Windows reads it as display #2 because of the ports I am using on the graphics card.
I have been using this combo since Jan 2015, without absolutely any issues.
I currently use an Nvidia GTX 980.
This is happening on Windows 10 fully updated.
The issue:
I installed a new game. When I opened the game and set the resolution to 2560x1440 the secondary display glitched out. Showing Windows and my wallpaper as if it was on 1440p (think disproportionate).
This behavior had already happened before because of the difference of resolution between the two (1440p vs 1080p). It happened on Unreal 4, since both games use the same engine I didn't think much and just turned the secondary display off. Just as I have done plenty of times while playing Unreal 4. Never had any issues because of this.
When I finished playing my game and turned the secondary display on again, I got no image.
These are the things I tried:
- I tried turning it off and on again.
- I tried reconnecting it into the Graphics Card.
- I tried installing the latest driver with a clean sweep.
- I tried making Windows and the Nvidia control panel detect it.
Things I have noticed:
- Windows simply does not show the monitor whatsoever.
- The Nvidia Control Panel shows the monitor *if connected to the port that it always was*, but I can't enable it, nothing happens when I click the checkbox, and when it does it simply unchecks it after I click.
- If I simply change the port from the Graphics card to another display port the display is not shown anywhere, not even in the Nvidia control panel as above.
- As I stated, the secondary display was actually the #1, so naturally the motherboard and Windows boot screen would always be displayed on it. That's not the case anymore, instead the boot video is not shown at all.
- I can verify that the display menu options still show on screen
Currently I have no extra cables I could use to test on my notebook.