I bought a DVI splitter so I could hook up two monitors and an HDTV to my graphics card at the same time.
Sadly, I cannot get it to work well.
The following configurations produce the following issues.
HDTV does not display right. I can see my desktop, but it flickers all over the place, is not centered, and the colors are wrong.
Monitor attached to splitter has tons of dancing pixels, is not recognized enough by system, so the resolution is locked. It is seen as a Generic PnP monitor.
(If the HDTV is unplugged, BUT THE DVI->HDMI ADAPTER IS LEFT PLUGGED IN, the monitor is fully recognized, but I still get a handful of dancing pixels on the screen. If I remove the DVI->HDMI adapter, the monitor loses signal.)
Monitors receive no signal
Monitor and TV receive no signal
Does anyone know how I can get this working? Would buying a DVI cable for the second monitor do the trick? That would give me this config:
The TV only has VGA, so a DVI cable for that wouldn't work.
Would I need to end up getting some component cables and using one of those HD breakout pods that's come with every graphics card I've owned?
Edit:
I just tried using 2 DVI cables, and when I do that, the computer only recognizes the FIRST monitor plugged in.
Therefore, if I plug in the smaller monitor first, my resolution on both is stuck at the smaller one.
If I plug in the bigger monitor first, the second display is out of range.
Is there any way to fix that?
Sadly, I cannot get it to work well.
The following configurations produce the following issues.
Code:
DV1 => Splitter =>1 DVItoHDMI to TV
=>2 DVI to Monitor
DV2 => DVItoVGA to monitorHDTV does not display right. I can see my desktop, but it flickers all over the place, is not centered, and the colors are wrong.
Monitor attached to splitter has tons of dancing pixels, is not recognized enough by system, so the resolution is locked. It is seen as a Generic PnP monitor.
(If the HDTV is unplugged, BUT THE DVI->HDMI ADAPTER IS LEFT PLUGGED IN, the monitor is fully recognized, but I still get a handful of dancing pixels on the screen. If I remove the DVI->HDMI adapter, the monitor loses signal.)
Code:
DV1 => Splitter =>1 DVItoVGA to monitor
=>2 DVI to Monitor
DV2 => DVItoHDMI to TVMonitors receive no signal
Code:
DV1 => Splitter =>1 DVItoVGA to monitor
=>2 DVItoHDMI to TV
DV2 => DVI to MonitorMonitor and TV receive no signal
Does anyone know how I can get this working? Would buying a DVI cable for the second monitor do the trick? That would give me this config:
Code:
DV1 => Splitter =>1 DVI to monitor
=>2 DVI to Monitor
DV2 => DVItoHDMI to TVThe TV only has VGA, so a DVI cable for that wouldn't work.
Would I need to end up getting some component cables and using one of those HD breakout pods that's come with every graphics card I've owned?
Edit:
I just tried using 2 DVI cables, and when I do that, the computer only recognizes the FIRST monitor plugged in.
Therefore, if I plug in the smaller monitor first, my resolution on both is stuck at the smaller one.
If I plug in the bigger monitor first, the second display is out of range.
Is there any way to fix that?