Asus Motherboard - 2 Monitors

[hitesh_hg]

HI ppl.
i have an asus mobo (A7V8X)...
now in display settings in win xp..it always says that i have two monitors installed....same thing with a friend of mine (A7N8x)...can anybody explain why is it so??

Hitesh Gupta

[theraven]

it doesnt say u have 2 monitors installed
it shows 2 monitors
means ur gpu supports tv out / dual monitors
once u connect the ext. display device/second monitor u can use this utility to change which one u wanna display on

which gpu do u have anyways ?

[hitesh_hg]

i still dont get it. anyways i'll post a screen shot of what it displays sometime later...

its a via card ...onboard....

there is no free port to connect ... except one comm port to connect modem and some usb...

Hitesh

[theraven]

whokay
a screen shot would help

[hitesh_hg]

Ok Guys here is a screen-shot


Hitesh Gupta

[theraven]

hmm
dunno
which drivers are u using ?
the one bundled with your driver cd ?

anyways...its showing the same monitor 2ce
either ways doesnt make a diff .... its not an issue as such ..

try updating ur drivers from the manufacturers website

[hitesh_hg]

well earlier i used the drivers from the cd but recently i started using the latest drivers (from digit cd/dvd)
As it is I don't have any problems but what i wanna know is what the hell is happening on my pc....
Also, as i mentioned earlier same thing happens witha friend of mine, he owns A7N8X (N-vidia chipset) asus mobo

Hitesh Gupta

[theraven]

ah ... do one thing
rollback the drivers to the ones from the cd and see if this shows up again
the thing with new drivers is .. it shows the features of newer versions of cards ( or rather all versions of that specific chipset ) since it isnt oriented to that specific company model/make
therefore it'll show certain things .... which tho disabled for changing ... are still visible
man i hope i didnt confuse u with this ..

basically its the new drivers ...
try a roll back to the old ones .. and see if it makes a diff
if it does .. and u want the above explained .. come back here