Duel screen crashing.

smithe95 · 17 May 2013 at 23:16

Hello,

today I tried to add a second screen (cheep SHARP one i had knocking around).
My main monitor is linked by a VGA cable.
The second I am using a HDMI.

Graphics card: Radeon HD 5750.

Whenever I plug the HDMI in it does display an image. But the drivers crash and resolve themselves every 10 seconds.

the error code that appears says 'Display driver has stopped working and has recovered)

The drivers are up to date... any suggestions?

(also as soon as i unplug the second monitor it sorts it self out)

Orcvader · 17 May 2013 at 23:59

Full system specs? Tried a different connection?

linktoinsanity · 18 May 2013 at 09:50

Are the HDMI sound drivers installed? This may sound odd but if they aren't (or are corrupted) then this could also cause the crash.

smithe95 · 18 May 2013 at 20:08

Orcvader said:
Full system specs? Tried a different connection?

Processor: AMD Phentom(tm) II X2 555 Processor 3.20GHz

RAM: 8GB

AMD Radeon HD 7550

. (all i got atm)

smithe95 · 18 May 2013 at 20:09

linktoinsanity said:
Are the HDMI sound drivers installed? This may sound odd but if they aren't (or are corrupted) then this could also cause the crash.

I'l have a look thanks.

smithe95 · 18 May 2013 at 20:24

linktoinsanity said:
Are the HDMI sound drivers installed? This may sound odd but if they aren't (or are corrupted) then this could also cause the crash.

Tried to look, wasn't sure on where to find them?

Orcvader · 18 May 2013 at 21:45

Have you tried a DVI or VGA connection to the second screen?

As for the HDMI drivers, if you right click the speaker icon in the notification area of Windows, then click playback devices it should appear as "AMD High Definition Audio Device".

smithe95 · 18 May 2013 at 22:15

Orcvader said:
Have you tried a DVI or VGA connection to the second screen?

As for the HDMI drivers, if you right click the speaker icon in the notification area of Windows, then click playback devices it should appear as "AMD High Definition Audio Device".

I have tried swapping the cables around (so Main monitor on HDMI and second on VGA) same thing happens, unfortunately the second monitor doesn't have a DVI input and the graphics card doesn't have two VGA outputs.

smithe95 · 18 May 2013 at 22:18

smithe95 said:
I have tried swapping the cables around (so Main monitor on HDMI and second on VGA) same thing happens, unfortunately the second monitor doesn't have a DVI input and the graphics card doesn't have two VGA outputs.

And yes the HDMI playback does appear and the drivers are up to date!