Dual monitors going black

Discussion in 'Video Cards, Displays and TV Tuners' started by Nerevarine, Sep 9, 2010.

  1. Nerevarine

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    I just reformatted my hard drive so I'm sure that has to be the cause for this. I have an M17x alienware laptop with hybrid graphics and a Nvidia GeForce 9400M G and 2 GeForce GTX 280Ms. I have the hybrid graphics enabled but when I plug in my second monitor both screens go blank. I know the monitor isn't the issue because the whole setup worked fine prior to the reformatting. The drivers for all the cards are up to date as well. I know the monitor is recieving some kind of signal because the screen goes from "No VGA Cable" to "Auto Adjusting" before the screen turns black. I also know the problem isn't with the monitor because I looked into all the settings and stuff and none of it would've changed since my reformatting. Thank you for your time.
     
  2. daz

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    Do you have your drivers up to date?
     
  3. Nerevarine

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    According to the device manager. The Alienware support site is quite confusing.
     
  4. daz

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    Some time acrobat reader causing problems with dual monitors.
     
  5. Nerevarine

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    updated my adobe reader, no change :(
     

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