"root" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Where is a good place to get information on
> XP/nvidia/DVI/HDTV? I've got a few issues, and the nvidia
> forum is pretty useless.
>
> I have XP Pro SP2 32 bit, GeForce 8800GTS 320MB, GeForce
> 8 series driver, dual DVI, one to console display and one
> to Philips HDTV. I set the nvidia control panel to clone
> mode, and this works usually, until I set the HDTV to a
> new channel or turn it off.
>The nvidia driver/firmware
> whatever then shuts down the secondary DVI output, so if
> I go back to the DVI input on the HDTV there is no
> signal.
This is done to save power.
> The DVI line drop doesn't occur right away, takes
> about 5 min. or so. I want to lock the nvidia settings to
> clone mode forever; the computer is in a different room,
> there is an annoying bit of walking back and forth
> sometimes. The nvidia drivers are pretty variable from
> one release to the next and none has solved this problem.
> At least one of their releases won't detect the Philips
> tv at all.
One trick would be to use some active HDMI accessory to load down the HDMI
output, even when the TV was turned off. I suspect that a HDMI splitter
(they are about $30 on eBay) would do this for you.
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