Well, I didnt get very far when I asked in this thread
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/gene...bernation.html
(can see the details of my video problem and hardware there)
but, I'm still trying to make this work.
In short, J9F2 connected to a Xenarc 700 IDT, everything but video works great.
Problem = about half the time when booting (either from hibernate or from a full shutdown) get no video on Xenarc (not even post) PC boots and runs fine, just no video.
If I hook up a crt, I can see video and see the Intel driver saying that it cant set to "Twin Display" until second display is connected. Reattach Xenarc = everything works fine for a while (often can get a few reboots with video working fine on Xenarc).
I would like to try fooling the MB into thinking that there are two displays connected at all times. Yes I know, this is a bass ackward way of doing things, but it may work.
I do realize that its probably not a "software driver" thing per say, due to the fact that I dont even see the post when it happens, but hooking up a crt cures it. The Intel driver in windows only has two choices for monitor. The default is "Monitor" which is CRT and what it flips back to when I have the problem; the only other choice is "Twin Display" which allows you to select "CRT + LCD". It works on Twin, but doesnt stay set that way reliably. When it wakes up set for "Monitor" or CRT I get a white screen on the Xenarc with artifact (like its set to the wrong frequency) and I can hear the PC running fine, touchscreen works, centrafuse running in backround.
Problem is that the Xenarc (even though its an LCD and therefore digital) has a VGA connector, so I have to connect it to the VGA port. I would replace the cable and try it through the DVI D port on the MB but the Xenarc only has one connector on the back, the custom cable that comes with it splits into VGA, AV and the USB for the Touchscreen, so Im kinda saddled with using the cable that came with it.
I have tried setting the bios on the MB to "auto" "lcd" "lcd+crt", all work for a while then same problem.
My question : how does the MB know that a monitor is hooked up to a connector? When you have a monitor connected (instead of just a cable with no monitor) what would the difference be as read at the MB connector ?
What Id like to do is just plug something into one of the other connectors, the backplane has VGA (which the Xenarc must go into) DVI D, and HDMI.
Can I easily modify a DVI D or HDMI cable so that when I plug it in to the backplane the MB will think a second monitor is attached?
Thanks in advance for any input.