is my new connect3D X1950XT faulty

[joedeath332]

Got my new X1950XT connect3D card installed yesterday in a newly reformatted pc and right out of the box i noticed the following problem.

the card has two outputs for 2 monitors

Both before and after i install any drivers for the card one of the outputs from the card is about only 20% brightness and very dark to the entent that when u turn up the gamma,,u can see nothing really.

I have connected two monitors to the card and swapped both monitors around and always it is the monitor that is connected to port 1 that is dark.

When i 1st installed the card While installing windows XP i plugged the monitor into port 1 ,, when i booted i noticed this was dark. so i changed the port that the monitor was plugged in to port 2 and the screen was nice and bright the way it should be... however here came my problem.
when i started the XP instalation and it completed it and got to the stage where xp reboots for the 1st time , during this stage my monitor lost its signal from the pc .. and displayed no signal.. the only way that i could get the display on the screen was to change the ports and use the one that produced the dark screen, then continue loading up XP. and then install the 2nd monitor and make the 2nd monitor the primary display. and then after that remove/ disconnect the 1st display ( the dark 1 )
so as it stands my PC is running with a bright screen ( normal ) but yet it is running on port 2 and anything plugged into port 1 remains dark,so there for if i wanted to i could not run a dual monitor set up.
I do not see how this could be a driver issue as the same "symptons" have remained constant from the stage of new instalation of card / XP right through to the drivers being installed which are the latest ones the 6.12's

verdict : is the card faulty ?

 

[KNiVES]

It's a Connect3d X1950XT, which is notorious for having zero. driver. support. Apparently some people report problems with it just using standard XP drivers. You need to follow this thread closely http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17662845 (read janessssey's longest post for a new driver and instructions on installation) as the drivers supplied with the card and the ones on ATi's website do not work. I will wager this is the reason behind the problems you mention.

 

[joedeath332]

It's a Connect3d X1950XT, which is notorious for having zero. driver. support. Apparently some people report problems with it just using standard XP drivers. You need to follow this thread closely http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17662845 (read janessssey's longest post for a new driver and instructions on installation) as the drivers supplied with the card and the ones on ATi's website do not work. I will wager this is the reason behind the problems you mention.

But my problems with 1 output not displaying the picture properly ( the main output ) start even before any drivers get near the card. surely you should not need two monitors to set up a card as i did.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

It's a Connect3d X1950XT, which is notorious for having zero. driver. support.

ehhh? zero driver support? its ati who make the drivers why blame connect 3d?

 

[Mr Paul]

ehhh? zero driver support? its ati who make the drivers why blame connect 3d?

I was thinking the same thing.......

 

[KNiVES]

Because even Connect3d's own supplied drivers don't work with it? If ATi's website drivers don't work with it, nor does the Connect3d ones supplied on the disc, then of course I'm gonna go ahead and say it has zero driver support. How about you guys try and be helpful to the OP instead of being nitpicking numpties?

 

[thesilverfox]

Because even Connect3d's own supplied drivers don't work with it? If ATi's website drivers don't work with it, nor does the Connect3d ones supplied on the disc, then of course I'm gonna go ahead and say it has zero driver support. How about you guys try and be helpful to the OP instead of being nitpicking numpties?

while i agree with KNiVES, do remember that the Catalyst 6.12's are now out - could fix this problem.

 

[joedeath332]

while i agree with KNiVES, do remember that the Catalyst 6.12's are now out - could fix this problem.

As stated in my 1st post i am running the latest drivers. the 6.12's

to this stage i seem to of got the card going on 1 outlet of the card,, but the problem still remains with the other outlet.

can some other users out there with a connect 3d x1950xt card please try the monitor in both out lets of the card and see if they notice a diff in screeen quality ( if is the same as mine u WILL notice it ) ..lol


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