Problem With two Videocards

[Mauri]

Hi everybody

I have a problem with my videocards. The first videocard
is a AGP and should be connected with the first monitor.
The second videocard is a PCI and should be connected with
the second monitor. Now the problem is that always only
one videocard is active. If I deactivate the PCI videocard
then does the AGP function and reverse.
Have anyone a solution for this problem?

Thanks a lot

Mauri

[Walter Clayton]

The secondary card must be capable of running with video bios disabled
either by default or by jumper.

See the following for a list (now incomplete, but it's a starting point) of
video cards that will work:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307397

Word of warning. Avoid intermixing vendors. Some combination work fine,
others will cause fits. I use to run an NVidia behind a Nitro and that was
workable. Don't even think of trying to get NVidia and ATI to behave on the
same machine though.

--
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"Mauri" > wrote in message
...
> Hi everybody
>
> I have a problem with my videocards. The first videocard
> is a AGP and should be connected with the first monitor.
> The second videocard is a PCI and should be connected with
> the second monitor. Now the problem is that always only
> one videocard is active. If I deactivate the PCI videocard
> then does the AGP function and reverse.
> Have anyone a solution for this problem?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Mauri

[Bill Martin]

> ....Word of warning. Avoid intermixing vendors. Some combination work fine,
> others will cause fits.....

If I run multiple identical nVidia cards will it cause confusion? In the bad
old days, I used to deliberately use different vendor ethernet cards for
example, so it would be clear which one had which settings.

Bill

[Walter Clayton]

I'm currently running a pair of NVidia cards. I have a TI4400 as my primary
and a GEF4 MX 420 as a secondary. In this instance it's easy to tell the two
apart. I used to run a pair of GEF2 MX cards. That did get interesting, but
it's actually easy to tell the two apart when looking at the device
properties sheet. XP tells you on which slot in the machine the card is
installed.

--
Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/default.asp


"Bill Martin" > wrote in message
om...
> > ....Word of warning. Avoid intermixing vendors. Some combination work
fine,
> > others will cause fits.....
>
> If I run multiple identical nVidia cards will it cause confusion? In the
bad
> old days, I used to deliberately use different vendor ethernet cards for
> example, so it would be clear which one had which settings.
>
> Bill