[mastaof420]

ok i got this video card that is really stupid
ive had it for like 2 years now and its worked fine
except a few minor bugs
but now when i unplug my monitor from my computer it reverts back to the onboard video
and now it wont recognize this one
as soon as i plug the video card in my on-board video stops working
it shows video untill windows loads then goes black at the logon screen
but not shutting the monitor off
its kinda like having multiple monitors its black but i still can see the mouse moving
and the nvidia card doesnt show a picture at all
so if i go into the bios at startup and set it for the nvidia card
then the nvidia card shows a picture up untill windows loads then it does the same thing
nvidia card- no picture at all
onboard- black screen with mouse
and yes i uninstalled my old drivers first
ive had this card for so long with no problems before but as soon as i unplugged my monitor it went to this crap
plz help

[mastaof420]

anybody help plz

[mastaof420]

awe comon this isnt that hard of a problem
i know somebody else has had this issue before
i fixed it once before
now i just cant get the other video card to show a picture
is there a hotkey to activate a secondary monitor?

[Macmac508]

Go onto you're Nvidia control panal if you have it and get it from change it from there.

If you don't have the Nvidia Control Panal the reason its not working is you probably don't have the driver installed. Go onto the Nvidia website and follow the instructions from there.

[mrdaveyk]

youve worded it abit difficult thats most likely while no-ones responding, no offence

my attempt to fix this would be disabling the onboard in the bios if you can get in there
then plug the monitor into the card and see if it will boot, if it wont try booting it in safe mode

if that works then get hold of the latest nvidia drivers, install and reboot

[mastaof420]

ok sorry bout the explanation
i had the card previously installed
it started messing up when i uplugged the comp from the wall
the drivers are installed (the right ones)
it did that from time to time before
for no reason at all it just reverts to the onboard video
even if it is disabled in the bios
there is no motherboard jumper pin to disable it
the only way is in the bios and it doesnt actually shut it off the only options i have
are: AGP and PCI
i called gateway and they said if u select AGP with no AGP card present then it goes to onboard
the card i have is a fx 5700LE PCI
it shows a picture with the video set to PCI
but only as the computer boots up
as soon as windows loads then it reverts back to the onboard video
i had this problem before but when it reverted back to the onboard it would show a picture
i fixed it by clicking extend my desktop
now when it does it the nvidia goes to the monitor self test (aka no signal)
and the onboard shows a black screen but i can still see the mouse moving around
if i could find a hotkey or something to extend the desktop like i did before it would be no problem
see my problem is if u have the nvidia software installed with no card present then when u click on the nvidia desktop manager then it wont load
im sooo freekin stuck