dual monitors

copa

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Hello everyone, I'm still stumped. I have 2 samsung22 monitors hooked up to a 8800gtx running on windows7 64bit. The problem I've had ever since going to windows7 is 1 monitor works, the other just black screen with power on. I've gone into nvidia control panel and also through windows and it shows both monitors present but I noticed one monitor is attached through an analog cable but both are hooked up with the dvi cables. Could my card have a bad port? when I plug in monitor 2 in the r/s dvi port it shows the right side desktop portion of the extended view and when I switch to monitor 1 on the right side dvi port it shows the left side desktop view but nothing comes up when attached to the left side dvi port. I've taken a snap shot of my desktop and it shows both screens. I've tried older drivers as far back to 170's and nothing worked.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
home made
OS
windows 7 64bit
CPU
q9550
Motherboard
striker extreme
Memory
2gb ocz platinum
Graphics Card(s)
evga 8800gtx
Monitor(s) Displays
2- samsung 22
Hard Drives
2-500g
PSU
750watt ocz
You are on the right track, if when either monitors are hooked up to the r/s it works, and when hooked to the l/s it does not, then I think it is safe to say that the l/s is bad. Have you tried removing the card and the drivers, and then reseating th card, then reinstalling the drivers? But wait, you said when you go into the display settings, you see both monitors when they are both hooked to l/s and r/s? Have you tried clicking the detect button to see what happens? Sorry I have more questions than answers.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Gigabyte
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU
Intel Core(TM)2 Quad- Q9550, 2.83GHz
Motherboard
G31M-ES2L
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD4600
Sound Card
On Board:
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer AL2223W, Acer AL1916
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050, 1280 x 1024
Hard Drives
160GB
350GB
250GB
250GB
PSU
600W
Case
Cooler Master
Keyboard
Microsoft Laser 6000
Mouse
Logitech Optical Trackman
Internet Speed
1.5MB
Other Info
I am also running a quasar gamatron flux capacitor with twin pulse tronic phasers......jk, I have no such stuff.
Physically check your cable terminations for bent or damaged pins...
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom built machine
OS
W7 x64
CPU
Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650)
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios)
Memory
4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
Sound Card
Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors
Monitor(s) Displays
Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
Hard Drives
Crucial M4 SSD, archives on twin Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX, 2TB, 7200rpm HDD's, Samsung Ritemaster CD/DVD Burner...
PSU
OCZ 600w
Case
Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower
Cooling
Scythe 140mm Zipang
Keyboard
Cherry PS/2 custom model
Mouse
Lenovo USB laser "Thinkpad" Mouse
Internet Speed
ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet
Antivirus
NOD32
Browser
Opera
Other Info
Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuners, Dray Tek Vigor 2850Vn router and 8x HP Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Canon MF4430 iSensys laser printer/scanner.
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