Unwanted 2nd Display & Adapter
 

Major Annoyance
After installing a (MadDog) Nvidia GeForce MX4000 PCI graphics card in my
6735 Pavilion (latest drivers installed), at every restart, I get new
hardware detected and windows insists on installing a default monitor AND a
PCI VGA-compatible display adapter in addition to the installed NEC monitor
and Nvidia card. The only way around this so far is to let it install these
devices then disable them in device manager.
Thanks

Did you try 'Removing' them (and ALL instances of display adapters and
monitors) in Safe Mode using Dev.Man?

Mart


"TheRealFastlane" wrote in
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Major Annoyance
After installing a (MadDog) Nvidia GeForce MX4000 PCI graphics card in my
6735 Pavilion (latest drivers installed), at every restart, I get new
hardware detected and windows insists on installing a default monitor AND
a
PCI VGA-compatible display adapter in addition to the installed NEC
monitor
and Nvidia card. The only way around this so far is to let it install
these
devices then disable them in device manager.
Thanks

What exactly are the problems you are experiencing? Rather than disabling
the second connection each time you boot what happens if you simply ignore
the second monitor which is probably the s-video port on your graphics
card? Whilst I don't have an nVidia card I have ATI cards on my PCs that
have multiple connectors supporting multiple monitors and once installed
have no further problems.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



TheRealFastlane wrote:

Major Annoyance
After installing a (MadDog) Nvidia GeForce MX4000 PCI graphics card
in my 6735 Pavilion (latest drivers installed), at every restart, I
get new hardware detected and windows insists on installing a
default monitor AND a PCI VGA-compatible display adapter in addition
to the installed NEC monitor and Nvidia card. The only way around
this so far is to let it install these devices then disable them in
device manager.
Thanks

TheRealFastlane wrote:
Major Annoyance
After installing a (MadDog) Nvidia GeForce MX4000 PCI graphics card in my
6735 Pavilion (latest drivers installed), at every restart, I get new
hardware detected and windows insists on installing a default monitor AND a
PCI VGA-compatible display adapter in addition to the installed NEC monitor
and Nvidia card. The only way around this so far is to let it install these
devices then disable them in device manager.
Thanks

looked in your owner's manual ? maybe there's a blurb in there about how
to install a video card in your MB which already has onboard video.


Rick

Yes, on restart claims it detects 2 video adapters and 2 monitors. The Nvidia
supports dual monitors and Display advanced shows 2 monitors numbered 1 and
2 but only 1 is connected.

"Mart" wrote:
Did you try 'Removing' them (and ALL instances of display adapters and
monitors) in Safe Mode using Dev.Man?

Mart


"TheRealFastlane" wrote in
message ...
Major Annoyance
After installing a (MadDog) Nvidia GeForce MX4000 PCI graphics card in my
6735 Pavilion (latest drivers installed), at every restart, I get new
hardware detected and windows insists on installing a default monitor AND
a
PCI VGA-compatible display adapter in addition to the installed NEC
monitor
and Nvidia card. The only way around this so far is to let it install
these
devices then disable them in device manager.
Thanks

Both are an annoyance, the 2nd monitor is installed and enabled in dev mgr,
the PCI vga grahpics I have disabled and dont understand as the only
connected PCI device is the Nvidia which has vga/svga, dvi and S ports (dont
know if its in or out).

"Mike M" wrote:

What exactly are the problems you are experiencing? Rather than disabling
the second connection each time you boot what happens if you simply ignore
the second monitor which is probably the s-video port on your graphics
card? Whilst I don't have an nVidia card I have ATI cards on my PCs that
have multiple connectors supporting multiple monitors and once installed
have no further problems.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



TheRealFastlane wrote:

Major Annoyance
After installing a (MadDog) Nvidia GeForce MX4000 PCI graphics card
in my 6735 Pavilion (latest drivers installed), at every restart, I
get new hardware detected and windows insists on installing a
default monitor AND a PCI VGA-compatible display adapter in addition
to the installed NEC monitor and Nvidia card. The only way around
this so far is to let it install these devices then disable them in
device manager.
Thanks

What exactly is an annoyance? Can you explain how this effects the use of
your PC? For example this particular PC has a TV connected to the s-video
port on my ATI graphics card. The only indication of this is, assuming
that I am not using the TV to play a video, is an entry in the Device
Manager and others in Display Properties neither of which are areas I
spend any time. I have to assume I'm missing something here as I just
don't understand what the problem is. However Rock's comment is a good
one as it is possible that your problem is due to having a motherboard
with on-board graphics adapter as well as an AGP/PCI graphics card and
that you haven't disabled the on-board video in the motherboard's bios.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



TheRealFastlane wrote:

Both are an annoyance, the 2nd monitor is installed and enabled in
dev mgr, the PCI vga grahpics I have disabled and dont understand as
the only connected PCI device is the Nvidia which has vga/svga, dvi
and S ports (dont know if its in or out).

Check Rick's (and now Mike's) suggestion of the possibility of on-board
graphics adapter - and disable it in the BIOS, if applicable.

Mart


"TheRealFastlane" wrote in
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Yes, on restart claims it detects 2 video adapters and 2 monitors. The
Nvidia
supports dual monitors and Display advanced shows 2 monitors numbered 1
and
2 but only 1 is connected.

"Mart" wrote:
Did you try 'Removing' them (and ALL instances of display adapters and
monitors) in Safe Mode using Dev.Man?

Mart


"TheRealFastlane" wrote in
message ...
Major Annoyance
After installing a (MadDog) Nvidia GeForce MX4000 PCI graphics card in
my
6735 Pavilion (latest drivers installed), at every restart, I get new
hardware detected and windows insists on installing a default monitor
AND
a
PCI VGA-compatible display adapter in addition to the installed NEC
monitor
and Nvidia card. The only way around this so far is to let it install
these
devices then disable them in device manager.
Thanks

Machine has Intel onboard graphics which was uninstalled prior
to Nvidia installation. Just read the known issues of user guide
for this rev drivers release, no mention of anything relevant.
Will check them now, thanks

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 13:59:35 +0100, "Mart"
wrote:
Check Rick's (and now Mike's) suggestion of the possibility of on-board
graphics adapter - and disable it in the BIOS, if applicable.

Mart


"TheRealFastlane" wrote in
message ...
Yes, on restart claims it detects 2 video adapters and 2 monitors. The
Nvidia
supports dual monitors and Display advanced shows 2 monitors numbered 1
and
2 but only 1 is connected.

"Mart" wrote:
Did you try 'Removing' them (and ALL instances of display adapters and
monitors) in Safe Mode using Dev.Man?

Mart


"TheRealFastlane" wrote in
message ...
Major Annoyance
After installing a (MadDog) Nvidia GeForce MX4000 PCI graphics card in
my
6735 Pavilion (latest drivers installed), at every restart, I get new
hardware detected and windows insists on installing a default monitor
AND
a
PCI VGA-compatible display adapter in addition to the installed NEC
monitor
and Nvidia card. The only way around this so far is to let it install
these
devices then disable them in device manager.
Thanks

You need to disable the onboard graphics in the bios not uninstall it in
the OS otherwise it will be detected each time you boot your system.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



fastlane wrote:

Machine has Intel onboard graphics which was uninstalled prior
to Nvidia installation. Just read the known issues of user guide
for this rev drivers release, no mention of anything relevant.
Will check them now, thanks