[windows2000] Re: Desktop doesn't refresh when spanned using Nvidia gfx-card
- From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:56:35 +0100
Set automatically to 60Hz when spanned. If using only one monitor, up to 75Hz
at 1280x1024x32b is supported. 75Hz when spanned is not supported, although
available from menu for some reason, all I get if I chose that is a black
screen, requiring a reboot to fix.
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/Sorin
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>On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms
>Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 1:18 PM
>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Desktop doesn't refresh when spanned using Nvidia
gfx-
>card
>
>Refresh rate?
>
>Jim Kenzig
>Blog: http://www.techblink.com
>
>
>
>On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 6:39 AM, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Anybody seen the problem in the subject? No matter what version of the
>nvidia
> driver I use I still get ghost images left on the desktop after having
had a
> maximized window from any program and then minimize it.
>
> Pressing F5 on the desktop only refreshes the icons, the ghost of the
>previous
> maximized window is still visible.
>
> If I open eg Windows Task Manager and drag it all over the desktop as
a
>wipe, I
> get the proper desktop background. Speak of dirty Windows...
>
> If I set Windows to use only on monitor, the refresh is not a problem
>anymore
> and no ghost images are left. Seems like it's either a bug with the
nvidia
> drivers or something with Windows. Since I see this problem with any
>nvidia
> driver I've tried with, as well as the built-in Nvidia driver in
Windows I'm,
> leaning towards a bug with Windows.
> What's more, occasionally it updates the desktop at odd
intervals.
>Sometimes it
> takes a few hours, sometimes after a minute or so.
>
> Any solution you know of guys? Or any gotcha' I should be aware of
>when using a
> spanned desktop?
>
> Running Windows XP Pro SP3, an Nvidia Geforce 6600GT with 256MB
>RAM onboard and
> have two identical Dell 1905FP's connected to the gfx-card, one
monitor
>on the
> digital outlet and one on the analog. The desktop is horizontally
spanned.
>The
> gfx-driver currently used is v6.14.11.7813.
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> Sorin
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