Here is what we did to solve this: - Updated the BIOS from (I think A05) to A13 (ours were purchased and they had a bunch of BIOS updates ~3 mos later. We never had a problem with A05 other than the one you describe. - Updated the nvidia drivers from A00 to A02 - Disabled the TMM task
The video settings in the BIOS are at default for us. We use this same docking station. I could have sworn that Dell had some sort of press release about this, sorry dude, I can't find it. - - Devin On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Devin Meade <[email protected]> wrote: > We do this with Dell Dimension 630's and a docking station on Vista. > I did have to disable the TMM task, but that's a Vista thing. Ours > use "nVIDIA Graphics Driver A00" from Dell. About every three months > after patch Tuesday 1 of our 20 some odd 630's will get confused about > external monitors. It may swap them or forget about one of them, but > its pretty rare. Dell released a statement about that. I will see if > I can dig it up. > > hth, Devin > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Christopher Bodnar > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Anyone get dual monitors to work using the VGA and the DVI connections on >> the back of the PR01X port replicator on a Dell D630 ? OS is XP SP2. In >> Display Settings, I see both monitors and when I select the 2nd monitor (DVI >> connected) and choose Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor and click >> Apply, the setting is not saved. The check box reverts to unchecked. I’ve >> set the video in the BIOS to onboard, the default was set to the dock. I’ve >> read through the Dell forums and found a bunch of people with similar >> problems. No official “this can’t be done”. >> >> >> >> If anyone has this working, I’d be grateful. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Chris Bodnar, MCSE >> Sr. Systems Engineer >> Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services >> Guardian Life Insurance Company of America >> Email: [email protected] >> Phone: 610-807-6459 >> Fax: 610-807-6003 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is >> privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. >> If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are >> notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or >> communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received >> this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail >> and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. > > > > -- > Devin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > -- Devin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
