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| NVS 280 Video Card and Dual DVI mode [message #75434] |
Sun, 05 November 2006 14:27  |
Rich Kelley
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Registered: October 2006
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I've recently picked up a couple Nvidia NVS 280 video cards. I'm not seeing
my second monitor when I run the cards with the DVI splitter cable and DVI
into both monitors. The second monitor never detects any signal, even at
boot up. Interestingly, if I put a DVI to VGA adapter on the second DVI
out connector and run the signal into the monitor as analog I CAN see the
second monitor.
Everything else works. Dual mode in analog (VGA) has no problems. I've
checked the monitors, the cables, etc., all the parts work. I loaded the
latest drivers from Nvidia, no change. I have two of the DVI splitter cables
and they both give the same result. I have two of the NVS 280 cards and
they both work the same too.
I've found one post via Google where someone was discussing this problem
and found the special DVI splitter cable was the issue. I have Molex splitters,
both VGA and DVI. He had a PNY version of the card and found that he needed
a PNY splitter. My cards just say Nvidia, though I know that they're sold
through PNY, HP, Compact, and others.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Rich
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| Re: NVS 280 Video Card and Dual DVI mode [message #75513 is a reply to message #75434] |
Mon, 06 November 2006 20:51  |
Rich Kelley
Messages: 19
Registered: October 2006
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Bump. Desperate for help.
Rich
"Rich Kelley" <rich_and_barbara@netzero.net> wrote:
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>I've recently picked up a couple Nvidia NVS 280 video cards. I'm not seeing
>my second monitor when I run the cards with the DVI splitter cable and DVI
>into both monitors. The second monitor never detects any signal, even at
>boot up. Interestingly, if I put a DVI to VGA adapter on the second DVI
>out connector and run the signal into the monitor as analog I CAN see the
>second monitor.
>
>Everything else works. Dual mode in analog (VGA) has no problems. I've
>checked the monitors, the cables, etc., all the parts work. I loaded the
>latest drivers from Nvidia, no change. I have two of the DVI splitter cables
>and they both give the same result. I have two of the NVS 280 cards and
>they both work the same too.
>
>I've found one post via Google where someone was discussing this problem
>and found the special DVI splitter cable was the issue. I have Molex splitters,
>both VGA and DVI. He had a PNY version of the card and found that he needed
>a PNY splitter. My cards just say Nvidia, though I know that they're sold
>through PNY, HP, Compact, and others.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rich
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| Re: NVS 280 Video Card and Dual DVI mode [message #75860 is a reply to message #75434] |
Sat, 11 November 2006 12:33 |
Wayne Carson
Messages: 86
Registered: June 2007
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Rich,
I have an Nvidia dual monitor card I think in the 5400 series. One output
is analog, one is digital. Anyhow, I had problems with the digital side but
I thought it was my monitors because my Dell 2001FP x 2 each have a digital
input and an analog input. Each monitor worked in both modes for awhile
then slowly each monitor failed on the digital input side. Short answer is.
I went to fry's and bought an adapter that plug'd into the Nvidia cards
digital output and (I don't know how it works) and then plug'd the analog
cable in it to my monitor. I did nothing new software wise, and selected
analog on both monitors and it has been working fine for two years. Hope
this helps. Wayne
"Rich Kelley" <rich_and_barbara@netzero.net> wrote in message
news:454e5724$1@linux...
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> I've recently picked up a couple Nvidia NVS 280 video cards. I'm not
> seeing
> my second monitor when I run the cards with the DVI splitter cable and DVI
> into both monitors. The second monitor never detects any signal, even at
> boot up. Interestingly, if I put a DVI to VGA adapter on the second DVI
> out connector and run the signal into the monitor as analog I CAN see the
> second monitor.
>
> Everything else works. Dual mode in analog (VGA) has no problems. I've
> checked the monitors, the cables, etc., all the parts work. I loaded the
> latest drivers from Nvidia, no change. I have two of the DVI splitter
> cables
> and they both give the same result. I have two of the NVS 280 cards and
> they both work the same too.
>
> I've found one post via Google where someone was discussing this problem
> and found the special DVI splitter cable was the issue. I have Molex
> splitters,
> both VGA and DVI. He had a PNY version of the card and found that he
> needed
> a PNY splitter. My cards just say Nvidia, though I know that they're sold
> through PNY, HP, Compact, and others.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
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| Re: NVS 280 Video Card and Dual DVI mode [message #76022 is a reply to message #75860] |
Wed, 15 November 2006 15:51 |
Rich Kelley
Messages: 19
Registered: October 2006
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Thanks for the response Wayne.
In my case the monitors are brand new and they will all work in DVI mode.
The specific problem is that output #2 of the DVI splitter cable from the
NVS 280 will not drive a monitor in DVI. If I put a DVI-VGA adaptor on it
then it works fine, but I have Matrox G450s that will drive two monitors
in VGA. I wanted dual DVI.
All I can conclude at this point it that the card doesn't work in dual mode
with two DVIs. That's a drag and, quite frankly, a rip-off. Oh well, I
have a single DVI @ 1600x1200 and they were cheap.
Rich
"Wayne Carson" <carson_wayne@msn.com> wrote:
>Rich,
>
>I have an Nvidia dual monitor card I think in the 5400 series. One output
>is analog, one is digital. Anyhow, I had problems with the digital side
but
>I thought it was my monitors because my Dell 2001FP x 2 each have a digital
>input and an analog input. Each monitor worked in both modes for awhile
>then slowly each monitor failed on the digital input side. Short answer
is.
>I went to fry's and bought an adapter that plug'd into the Nvidia cards
>digital output and (I don't know how it works) and then plug'd the analog
>cable in it to my monitor. I did nothing new software wise, and selected
>analog on both monitors and it has been working fine for two years. Hope
>this helps. Wayne
>
>
>"Rich Kelley" <rich_and_barbara@netzero.net> wrote in message
>news:454e5724$1@linux...
>>
>> I've recently picked up a couple Nvidia NVS 280 video cards. I'm not
>> seeing
>> my second monitor when I run the cards with the DVI splitter cable and
DVI
>> into both monitors. The second monitor never detects any signal, even
at
>> boot up. Interestingly, if I put a DVI to VGA adapter on the second DVI
>> out connector and run the signal into the monitor as analog I CAN see
the
>> second monitor.
>>
>> Everything else works. Dual mode in analog (VGA) has no problems. I've
>> checked the monitors, the cables, etc., all the parts work. I loaded
the
>> latest drivers from Nvidia, no change. I have two of the DVI splitter
>> cables
>> and they both give the same result. I have two of the NVS 280 cards and
>> they both work the same too.
>>
>> I've found one post via Google where someone was discussing this problem
>> and found the special DVI splitter cable was the issue. I have Molex
>> splitters,
>> both VGA and DVI. He had a PNY version of the card and found that he
>> needed
>> a PNY splitter. My cards just say Nvidia, though I know that they're
sold
>> through PNY, HP, Compact, and others.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rich
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