corbryant
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I've got a bit of a strange issue that I haven't had with previous OSes on this PC. I'm running a Dell OptiPlex 380 with Win 8 x64 at the office and I have to run 2 video cards for all of my screens. I have a GeForce 8400GS in the PCI-E slot and a GeForce 6200 in the PCI slot.
Previous to the Win 8 install, it worked fine. Booted exactly as I had shut it off. Now, with 8 - it's killing my PCI-E card presumably when it puts the screens to sleep when I leave for the day. So I'm coming in to all of my windows being moved to the PCI card's monitor (only one hooked to it) and I have to reboot to get PCI-E card to come back.
If I check the screen properties, I see only the screen hooked to the PCI card. I've changed the setting in the BIOS for the first video card to Auto and also tried the PCI-E selection and it's the same either way.
Why on earth would it default to the PCI card rather than the PCI-E card? Any thoughts?
Previous to the Win 8 install, it worked fine. Booted exactly as I had shut it off. Now, with 8 - it's killing my PCI-E card presumably when it puts the screens to sleep when I leave for the day. So I'm coming in to all of my windows being moved to the PCI card's monitor (only one hooked to it) and I have to reboot to get PCI-E card to come back.
If I check the screen properties, I see only the screen hooked to the PCI card. I've changed the setting in the BIOS for the first video card to Auto and also tried the PCI-E selection and it's the same either way.
Why on earth would it default to the PCI card rather than the PCI-E card? Any thoughts?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Build - Water Cooled
- CPU
- Intel i5 2500k Overclocked @ 5.5GHz (Stable)
- Motherboard
- MSI
- Memory
- 32GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Radeon 7850HD / 2GB
- Sound Card
- Onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Triple Samsung 23"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 250GB SSD Boot/OS/App Drive
2TB Media/Storage Drive
2TB External Backup
4TB Network Storage
- PSU
- 800W Thermaltake
- Case
- Mac G5 Transplant
- Cooling
- Custom Water Cooler - Pieced Together
- Keyboard
- Logitech G19
- Mouse
- Logitech Revolution VX
- Internet Speed
- Cable
- Browser
- IE 10
- Antivirus
- MSE