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| 875854 | 2010-04-12 21:59:00 | Anyone have experience with setting up an input scanning projector as a second cloned monitor? I'm having no luck with this atm . The GFX5200 I am using came out of a W2K box which was working to the projector . It has been swapped into a XP box which is giving the problem . I can set up dual monitors with it fine at home using two LCD monitors but can't get it to work on site with the projector . My current theory is that I have a catch22 scenario . It seems that you can't set the second monitor up until the card/driver sees the switched on monitor attached . But the card can't see the projector because the projector is searching its inputs for the non-existent signal from the video card . Is the answer to see if the projector can be told to stay on the correct input rather than scan?? Any ideas gratefully received! |
linw (53) | ||
| 875855 | 2010-04-12 22:34:00 | Haha, yes I understand the catch 22, what about using a split signal rather than a dual output signal? | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 875856 | 2010-04-12 22:56:00 | That's a great idea (maybe) . Is there a drive problem with two from one socket? The potential problem is that you can't set different resolutions for each monitor . May not be a problem, though . I see DSE have splitter cables for $13 . Thanks for the idea . |
linw (53) | ||
| 875857 | 2010-04-13 01:10:00 | AFAIK, you cant run different resolutions as a clone anyway....don't understand the drive problem? | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 875858 | 2010-04-13 01:29:00 | Can't you force the projector to sit on a particular input? both the ones at work do. | MushHead (10626) | ||
| 875859 | 2010-04-13 02:02:00 | AFAIK, you cant run different resolutions as a clone anyway....don't understand the drive problem? Good point re the resolution. The drive concerns the voltage drop if it feeds two devices. |
linw (53) | ||
| 875860 | 2010-04-13 02:04:00 | Can't you force the projector to sit on a particular input? both the ones at work do. Thanks, I was going to check on this. I am going to try it out later today. If you have two that do that, there is a good chance this one will too. I think it is a Sanyo but not sure. |
linw (53) | ||
| 875861 | 2010-04-13 04:19:00 | Good point re the resolution. The drive concerns the voltage drop if it feeds two devices. There is no voltage buddy, that's why you can connect and disconnect video plugs when the PC is running.... There is strength of signal, but unless you are going over 5m, you should be ok |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 875862 | 2010-04-13 04:35:00 | We solved that by rebooting with them both attached? At power-up, the card is smart enough to send whatever signals to both to indicate that they're attached to something? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 875863 | 2010-04-13 11:06:00 | Well, this is embarrassing. Someone (no one is owning up!) had connected the cable to the 'Monitor' socket on the projector! I didn't check as I thought it had been working with a laptop very recently. (It's also way up on the ceiling!). Got suspicious when I tried connecting from the PC's main monitor socket and a laptop with no result. What a waste of time and effort. Gotta be a moral here:D Thanks for the replies and sorry for wasting your time, too. |
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