Vista - dual monitors ati

hi anybody running dual monitors with ati graphics cards having trouble with the display driver not responding on a regular basis
I have read elsewhere that its a common problem that hasn't been resolved as yet

runnin dualies perfect now with my GTX260.

sorry that doesn't help your problem tho.

What catalyst drivers? Which ATI graphics card? I had problems on my card but its cuz mines from ASUS and the software that came with it conflicted with Catalyst Control Center.

just installed 8.8 the problems been there for all previous versions

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

i originally thought it was media portal causing it
two days ago i changed the connections from hdmi and dvi to hdmi and dsub connections and touch wood no problems yet
but i have had it run for five days without getting display driver not responding so i will see what happens

ps i have just found that installing sql server 2008 breaks the ati installer for the drivers as well

I'm having dual monitor issues only when I return from sleep mode. I posted a thread for the full info, but I found some information that may help you? It didn't help me but give it a go.

AMD Support Wizard

hi that link doesn't want to load

Oh sorry, this is basically what it says on that page:

No Display Through DVI-Port in Windows With Some TFT Monitors:

We are currently investigating this issue and will update our KB article 737-26586 when a solution has been provided. Some users reported workarounds.

Workaround in Windows Vista

• Set ATI EXTERNAL EVENT UTILITY to Manual
  

1. Start Windows VISTA using a monitor connected through a VGA port
2. Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services
3. Click on "Continue" on "User Account Control" window
4. Select "ATI External Event Utility"
5. Make a right-click on it and select "Properties"
6. Under General tab change "Start Type" to "Manual"
   
   
   
7. Click on "OK" and reboot the system

ok thanks for that

ok si i have found the problem i had 4 hardrives installed and once i removed one of them i have had no more problems with driver not responding and crashing the puter
i was drawing to much power it seems i only have 400 watt psu