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Hi,
I've got a 4870X2 and DTH2G DE.
I have all the latest firmware and drivers.
I'm currently running Catalyst 9.6 (9.7 didn't work for me)
Vista 64 Ultimate

Under 9.6 I have 5040x1050 across 3 22' Samsung monitors and on the other port my 24' Dell. Didn't require any meddling with Powerstrip.

Here's the problem: I can't set my triplehead setup as the default monitor!
I know how to usually do it - go to Display settings and select the monitor you want, and then check the "This is my main monitor" box. But it is grayed out and I can't do it. Neither Powerdesk nor Catalyst Control will allow me to do it either. Neither will Untramon.

I'm a little lost at this point. Anyone have an idea?

I know it sucks but I think we should wait for the officilal release of both Cat 9.7 and the new Matrox firmware. It may save us all a lot of headaches.

yeah i 2nd that papales, all we can do is wait..

if the official cat 9.7 doesnt work with my 5040x1050 res then im selling my monitors lol

The new firmware has been out for a few days now.

That's why my ATI setup works at 59 Hz @ 5040x1050.

Switch physical port maybe?

Hi,
I've got a 4870X2 and DTH2G DE.
I have all the latest firmware and drivers.
I'm currently running Catalyst 9.6 (9.7 didn't work for me)
Vista 64 Ultimate

Under 9.6 I have 5040x1050 across 3 22' Samsung monitors and on the other port my 24' Dell. Didn't require any meddling with Powerstrip.

Here's the problem: I can't set my triplehead setup as the default monitor!
I know how to usually do it - go to Display settings and select the monitor you want, and then check the "This is my main monitor" box. But it is grayed out and I can't do it. Neither Powerdesk nor Catalyst Control will allow me to do it either. Neither will Untramon.

I'm a little lost at this point. Anyone have an idea?

Oh man I had the exact same issue when I updated my driver to 9.6 (was using 9.5). Nothing would let you change primary displays. You can still do it though. I had to use the CCC and I believe I had to clone the screen onto my 5040 display (Not extend), then swap it to the primary display and change your secondary monitor back to an extended display. Thats how I think I managed to do it.

At any rate play around with your settings in the CCC a bit - might take a few little tweaks here or there but you can still force it to change to your primary.

The new firmware has been out for a few days now.

That's why my ATI setup works at 59 Hz @ 5040x1050.

Oh yes! thank you for the heads up. It looks like it came out July 7th. It's working fine on my 28" I-INC monitors with a single ATI 4870 running Vista 64 Ultimate and ATI 9.6 driver only (I didn't get the full Catalyst)

Hmmm. I've noticed that the control box for powerdesk doesn't show up and that when I boot up with only the triple head set up connected it won't display video. I'm beginning to wonder if the current version of the software doesn't recognize the new firmware or something...

All is not as perfect as I first thought. Bezel management is a bit of a problem for me. The right screen works perfect but the left screen makes a sudden turn nearest the center screen. If I run the bezel management for the left screen to where it should be that screen begins to shrink on both sides. I will try switching monitors to see if it's a monitor thing but I really think it's some driver problem. Maybe the official Cat 9.7 will help also.(presently on 9.6) Also some games are freezing with no way to recoupe. Far Cry 2 and FSX are the two big ones. I am not yet discouraged though. I've seen some of the best gaming as far as looks goes and if I can get the freezes figured out I'll be happy. Trying to use DX10 may be part of the problem. Lot's more experimenting to do.

Switch physical port maybe?

Nope. Good idea though.

I've since noticed that the powerdesk icon dosen't show up in the task bar. I wonder if the new firmware causes the brick to not be recognized by Vista...

Do you guys see an entry for the Matrox TH2G DE in device manager? (other than the entry under monitors...)