Mointor trouble

RickST · 28 May 2009 at 16:29

Hi all,

Right just reordered my room and during the move i seem to have stoped my X2 detecting one of my monitors. Its not a monitor issue as which ever one i plug into the first connection of the X2 works fine.

I also tried using the vga input with a dvi adapter on the second connection and that showed up correctly which leads me to belive its a software issue but nothing has changed software wise during the move

i have tried full reboots and restarts, no luck

anyone have any suggestions?

95thrifles · 28 May 2009 at 17:26

try reseating the gfx card, maybe it got knocked during moving

RickST · 29 May 2009 at 11:03

thx for the response, I didn't actually move the tower, just the monitors (unplugged from tower.

the really confusing thing it that on vga to div adapter it works fine

any other suggestions, really miss my second screen

mp260767 · 29 May 2009 at 11:46

does display properties show as having 2 monitors ?

RickST · 29 May 2009 at 11:57

Nope, both the catalyst and windows display managers only show one

mp260767 · 29 May 2009 at 13:02

not sure (mainly cos i don't know the wiring differences) but possibly a dodgy vga connection on the card ?

do all the pins look ok on the connector ?

does the gfx card have 2 vga connections / 1 vga 1 dvi etc , managed to try a different monitor lead ?

RickST · 29 May 2009 at 14:22

both are DVI, will check the pins when i get home.

cable is fine becuase no matter which monitor I plug into the first connection it works. I really hope the gfx card isn't broken

95thrifles · 29 May 2009 at 14:44

yeah it is sounding like loose connection port maybe, its possible that using the adapter makes it fit in different way and therefore makes proper contact, but without it the contacts not there. Cant really think of anything else it might be tbh

RickST · 29 May 2009 at 16:53

Cheers for the suggestions guys, still no solution

gonna bump this one last time to get the guys comming home from work, if there are no more suggestions i guess im going to have to replace the card

is the 4870 X2 still the best ati card around?

RickST · 29 May 2009 at 18:17

Okay I reseated my card, comp some how cmos'd while in the process so I lost my clock... fantastic... luckily it was stored in on of the OC profiles so thats back and running. No change on the monitor front.

So, I gave up and thought well why dont i just use VGA for my second monitor, no biggy right? plug it in for some reason windows and Cat won't let me set the res to 1920 x 1200

Anyone got any suggestions for that one?

UPDATE : i dont want you to all lose sleep on this so i thouhght i would update you. After messing around with settings i managed to find out how to force 1920 x 1200 although its not the best picture in the world it will do for now... i really can't afford another x2 right now

95thrifles · 29 May 2009 at 18:56

Is this one not under warranty? they havent been out that long
Re VGA res, VGA is quite low quality and doesnt transmit much data, its only intended for 640x480