cKGunslinger
Lifer
So I had a Motherboard go bad and I replaced it and ended up reinstalling Windows 7. So, other than the motherboard, all the hardware is exactly the same in this setup as it was before, except now I have this minor issue.
The problem is that I have 2 monitors, one smaller 22" monitor (DVI) that I always use, and a 40" TV (HDMI) that I only use for movies/gaming (Radeon 7800.) In order to get full screen games to autostart on my larger TV, I made it the primary monitor, and just moved my taskbar to the "secondary." I use Chrome and it's pretty smart about remembering where to start, as well as most other applications. Every once in a while I will have to power on my TV to see a Java pop-up or something.
Before my re-install, I had 0 issues with this setup. The TV sees that the PC goes to sleep/hibernates and loses signal, so it always turns itself off after a while. When I wake-up the PC, everything is cool. If I want the TV back on, I have to press the power on. No biggie.
Now, whenever my PC goes to powersave/sleep, the same thing happens. I wake up my PC and my small monitor is on with a taskbar and browser window, just how I left it. However, as soon as I press the power button on my TV, the second monitor goes blank for a second and the taskbar and all windows jump to the TV and I have to manually move them all back.
How do I prevent this?
*I can replicate the issue much faster by simply powering off my TV, then back on. It does the same thing - pulls all the windows to it. I'm not sure who is auto-detecting it when it powers on. The AMD drivers? Windows?
The problem is that I have 2 monitors, one smaller 22" monitor (DVI) that I always use, and a 40" TV (HDMI) that I only use for movies/gaming (Radeon 7800.) In order to get full screen games to autostart on my larger TV, I made it the primary monitor, and just moved my taskbar to the "secondary." I use Chrome and it's pretty smart about remembering where to start, as well as most other applications. Every once in a while I will have to power on my TV to see a Java pop-up or something.
Before my re-install, I had 0 issues with this setup. The TV sees that the PC goes to sleep/hibernates and loses signal, so it always turns itself off after a while. When I wake-up the PC, everything is cool. If I want the TV back on, I have to press the power on. No biggie.
Now, whenever my PC goes to powersave/sleep, the same thing happens. I wake up my PC and my small monitor is on with a taskbar and browser window, just how I left it. However, as soon as I press the power button on my TV, the second monitor goes blank for a second and the taskbar and all windows jump to the TV and I have to manually move them all back.
How do I prevent this?
*I can replicate the issue much faster by simply powering off my TV, then back on. It does the same thing - pulls all the windows to it. I'm not sure who is auto-detecting it when it powers on. The AMD drivers? Windows?
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