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Are you sure it is the 2nd monitor that will fix it, or can you (1) unplug the xenarc (2) plug in CRT (3) change resolutions/frequencies (4) unplug CRT (5) plug in xenarc, and will that work?
If that works, then you have the same problem that I have. It drives me nuts. I have found that it is the Intel video drivers. If when shutting down they dont close properly, the next boot they corrupt and never work again. Only solution is to delete those corrupt inf files and replace with good ones. So I keep 4 restore points on my PC of "good video drivers" and when it goes blank, I shutdown, go to VGA mode (which works because it is using XP standard drivers) restore to a good point. Then make a new restore point. Only creating restore points or copying from the CD will save the inf files from hell.
This happened on my Commell board (Intel 845 chipset) and now on my MSI Fuzzy (Intel 945). If I uninstall the video drivers, I can boot and reboot all day long just fine no problems. But I cant go into standby because it needs the video drivers for some stupid reason. So I either have to install the video drivers and get random driver flake-outs or leave the drivers uninstalled and not be able to standby or hibernate... It actually happened to me earlier tonight but after a restore it works again. It is driving me crazy. If only we could get standby/hibernate without using Intel's crappy drivers.
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