Attempting Quad/Triple Monitors; Having some Probs

[y00ycdz]

I'm attempting to create a quad monitor set up, using two video cards both hooked up to 2 monitors. The first video card is connected via PCI-Express and is set up to work with dual monitors. I then went out and bought a second regular PCI video card and installed it into the system. It booted up fine, installed drivers, etc.. then asked to be reboot, which I did. From then on, the computer did not boot past the windows vista loading screen and eventually just hung there for all eternity. Repeated boots ended with the same result. So, I ended up moving the card to a different PCI slot, first boot went the same as before, booted into windows, installed driver, etc... Then, rebooted, and bam, same thing continues to happen, Windows Vista will not boot and hangs at the loading screen. I have since removed the extra video card and all is fine. I checked through the BIOS and did not see any particular setting to DISABLE on-board video, however, I did set the PCI-Express slot as the PRIMARY video, there's no choice for secondary or any other choices in the video section for that matter.

Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks.

 

[SolMiester]

Can you not put splitters on the dual head PCIe card?

 

[y00ycdz]

The PCIe card already was established as working in the computer and having dual heads, where both monitors currently work. It's when I add the additional PCI card that the issues arise...

Anyway, back to what you're saying, I have not yet tried putting splitters on the dual head spots, has anyone tried it? Just wanted to get some response to that before I go out and buy a couple splitters... Granted, they probably aren't too expensive.

Thanks for any replies.

 

[n7]

Some mobos don't like running PCI-E + secondary PCI-e/PCI.

Without going into a long story, mine for example.

Unless i go Crossfire, i absolutely cannot get any secondary card working, whether it be nV, ATi, PCI, PCI-e, anything.

I spent a week fighting with it with a ton of different configs; absolutely none would work.

 

[y00ycdz]

Sigh, seems like we're having the same problems you are... Dangit... probably a really crappy mobo in this retail computer my cousin bought....