Dual Monitor problem with 98 and 2K

This is a discussion about Dual Monitor problem with 98 and 2K in the Windows Hardware category; It's a strange problem. 98 works provided the AGP card is set to boot first in the BIOS. Windows 98 works provided that the PCI card is set to boot first in the BIOS. I really hate messing with the BIOS everytime I want to change OS.

Windows Hardware 9627 This topic was started by Shad0Hawk, 2000-03-06 15:48. Last reply by YuppieScum, 2000-03-06 20:52

Discussion 2

Shad0Hawk

3 Posts
Location -
Joined 2000-03-05

#12025

2000-03-06 16:48

It's a strange problem. 98 works provided the AGP card is set to boot first in the BIOS. Windows 98 works provided that the PCI card is set to boot first in the BIOS.

I really hate messing with the BIOS everytime I want to change OS. Any thoughts?

Shad0Hawk

Another Q3 Problem

128 Bit Encyption? Yes/No?

Participate in our website and join the conversation

You already have an account on our website? To log in, use the link provided below.

Create a new user account. Registration is free and takes only a few seconds.

This subject has been archived. New comments and votes cannot be submitted.

Mar 6

Created

Mar 6

Last Response

0

Likes

1 minute

Read Time

Users

Responses to this topic

Valmore

3 Posts
Location -
Joined 2000-02-02

#12026

2000-03-06 20:04

I got win98 to work with dual monitor, using one GeForce 256 DDR Creative, and an oldie ATI RAGE VT... But the RAGE VT refused to initialize in win2k.....
I didn't have any solution...

YuppieScum

633 Posts
Location -
Joined 1999-07-16

#12027

2000-03-06 20:52

You could always just ditch Win9x

On the other hand, some BIOS (well, mine has anyway) have the option to change the order in which the PCI slots are enumerated. Changing this setting might solve the problem...

------------------
SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM
SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb
IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem"
Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf)
SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value)
Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)