3 Monitors - ATI eyefinity

profdlp said:

hunuok said:

Are all 3 monitors the same make/model/resolution?
Have you installed drivers for each monitor? You can check in Device Manager in Control Panel.

Have you done the part in bold? :)

Yep, the drivers have been installed.

After almost a year of problems with drivers, video card, and other stuff I decided to do a clean install. Hopefully this fresh slate wont get messed up like before.

It's a shame you have to do that, but I think you've made the right choice. :)

profdlp said:

It's a shame you have to do that, but I think you've made the right choice. :)

Sure hope so, I have spent the past 3 hours restoring files, installing programs, updates, and I am still far from done. I haven't had a chance to restart because of Windows Backup restoringso I have yet to see if this changes anything with my monitor set up.

Just got done re-installing and re-setting up. All that work and.... nothing changed.
My monitors are still in the wrong configuration on reboot, the display port monitor still says "Input signal out of range" until I turn it off and on.
Could my card be bad? I have had issues with it for almost a year now (BSOD, screens turning green, settings change after every reboot, etc.)

Do you have someone who could loan you an Eyefinity-capable card to try it out?

profdlp said:

Do you have someone who could loan you an Eyefinity-capable card to try it out?

Nope :/

Is the card under warranty? After a year of putting up with this I'd exchange it if I could.

If it's not under warranty, would you definitely buy a new one if you knew the one you have now was bad? If that's the case I would buy one from a store with a money-back return policy and try it out. If the problem goes away, keep it. If not, you get your money back and head back to the ol' drawing board.

EDIT:

Sorry if I missed it, but are you sure your PSU is up to snuff? I don't know that it would cause this exact problem, but a card which is barely getting enough power might do all sorts of weird things.

profdlp said:

Is the card under warranty? After a year of putting up with this I'd exchange it if I could.

If it's not under warranty, would you definitely buy a new one if you knew the one you have now was bad? If that's the case I would buy one from a store with a money-back return policy and try it out. If the problem goes away, keep it. If not, you get your money back and head back to the ol' drawing board.

EDIT:

Sorry if I missed it, but are you sure your PSU is up to snuff? I don't know that it would cause this exact problem, but a card which is barely getting enough power might do all sorts of weird things.

I bought the computer through Best Buy so in order to get anything under warranty Freak Squad has to "fix" it first. Unless ATI has there own warranty, I don't have a warranty option.

I upgraded to a 750W PSU a few months ago thinking that was my problem, but it didn't change much. (The computer came with a 350W PSU, though the card requires 400W)

I have been considering buying a new higher model and better card. Any suggestions?

I'd go to ATI's website and check their RMA policy. Fortunately, I haven't had to return a video card, but most companies have you enter your part# and serial# and will tell you right away if it qualifies. Worth a shot. :)