6 monitors... 2 slip into COMA


  1. Posts : 6
    7 ultimate x64
       #1

    6 monitors... 2 slip into COMA


    I have two Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS, one Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT giving me a total of 6 Video outputs
    I have two dell E153fp, one dell e171fpb I have two hyvision 19 and one Samsung SyncMaster 940MW
    Configuration went awesome
    All the monitors work 100%
    Then in 15 minutes when they monitors should shut off they do
    Perfection!
    I come back and shake the mouse
    Four screen light up
    I found that if I plug my USB video card in the other two monitors light up
    This got old
    Therefore, I changed the monitor time out to 1000 minutes
    Not much changed, just took longer
    I have removed all the drivers, the video cards
    Pulled them from the machine and replaced them
    And put them all back in as NEW
    Let windows seven detect on its own
    Reconfigured all 6 again
    No change
    Went to Nvidia and got the drivers
    NO CHANGE
    Put each monitor on a different video card too
    NO CHANGE
    Next?
    OH almost forgot..new power supply 600 watts
    the room is temp controlled and the machine has good ventilation

    thanks for your brains...
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  2. Posts : 6
    7 ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #2

    OH! it is the same two video ports that do not wake up no matter what the configuration
    one from each of the Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS cards both on the secondary ports
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  3. Posts : 3,139
    Systems 1 and 2: Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Win 8 Developer
       #3

    Unbelievable. What do you use 6 for? I have two for work and could use a third.

    Are the two monitors on one video card? If yes, which one?

    You plug a usb video card in that has nothing to do with the current monitors, correct? What if you plug in another usb device? I just want to see if the usb activity is waking the monitors.

    Edit **Okay, you answer the middle part**
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  4. Posts : 6
    7 ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    I work off two...the other four just show monitoring screens..no hi use videos of major graphics

    no another USB device does not give the same results
    it only seems to be the adding in of a NEW OR removing the USB video card
    and NO there is not screen attached to this card
    it was by accident I discovered this
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  5. Posts : 2,259
    W7 Professional x64
       #5

    So just for clarification, it's the same port that does not wake up, on two identical graphics cards?

    Have you thought about replacing them with the 8500 series, like the one that works properly?
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  6. Posts : 6
    7 ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    8500 is AGP 8400 is PCI

    it is the second port on both the 8400 cards that slips into coma

    SVGA on ALL ports

    have set the time out to 10000 minutes and just turn monitors off manually now

    and the logs are clear...nothing is wrong
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  7. Posts : 6
    7 ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    anyone new have any thoughts?
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  8. Posts : 4,280
    Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3
       #8

    The only though that ran through my head was that you haven't listed any hard drives or exactly how many extra fans your running. I wondered about this because it sure seems to me that your asking a lot out of your 550 w PSU to power up everything your running.
    But that's just my thougts.
    Fabe
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  9. Posts : 6
    7 ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #9

    ya...I thought so too...well back when it was on a 250 watt PS

    so i upped it to the 550

    only one hard drive and 2 fans
    one on CPU and on case
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  10. Posts : 579
    Windows 7 64-bit Home
       #10

    250 watt psu with 3 gfx cards? im surprised it EVER worked
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