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Here is another strange strange symptom.

So, I can't set the triplehead setup as the default monitor. So I try removing the single main monitor input cable from my graphics card to see what it will do, eg if the triplehead setup will take over.

Well, the triplehead monitors all immediately turn that shade of light black they have when there's a signal but nothing is coming through. When I plug my single monitor back in, the triplehead setup comes back on line! (albeit at the wrong position and resolution)

Here is another strange strange symptom.

So, I can't set the triplehead setup as the default monitor. So I try removing the single main monitor input cable from my graphics card to see what it will do, eg if the triplehead setup will take over.

Well, the triplehead monitors all immediately turn that shade of light black they have when there's a signal but nothing is coming through. When I plug my single monitor back in, the triplehead setup comes back on line! (albeit at the wrong position and resolution)

If your read my post above you cant change the default monitor while its being extended onto your widescreen desktop.. You have to disable it, then clone + enable it, then switch to main monitor.

All has to be done in the CCC - this is normal. Same thing happened to me. As for removing the default main monitor, I didnt even bother trying it so cant comment if that is normal though.

Hi All,

If you are having any issues with the 9.7 beta, try reverting to the 9.5 release to go along with our new firmware and PD 2.05.

Catalyst 9.5 Actually contained the primary fixes for ATI compatibility w/TripleHead2Go already.

Catalyst 9.6 appears to have caused a regression in compatibility, which is why some users may have problems with 9.6, as well as with 9.7 beta.

Catalyst 9.7 is slated to have all the fixes re-enabled and all issues resolved (as I had mentioned in previous posts). However at this stage we are crossing our fingers since it is completely in ATI's court as to whether everything will be sorted out as planned.

I will provide more details as they become available.

-Mark

whoa it works now with my 4870x2 + acer x193w+ monitors but now my desktop isnt fully put, if i move my mouse to the right, the screen adjusts to the right, move it down, the screen moves down to see taskbar, up and left etc.

anyone know the command to fix this? so that my desktop shows everything instead of following the mouse accordingly??

thanks markb for the help tho, it works now with my "problem" categorized monitors

update*** its actually called panning? ahh its weird lol

I don't know anythig but it sounds like your res is bigger than your screen and you are panning. I don't know the fix. What is your native res per screen?

the native highest res per screen is 1680x1050 -

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009127&Tpk=x193w%2b

but i did find something out, i guess on amd/ati forums someone stated that xp only supports panning and that vista doesnt support panning? i could be wrong, im gonna try it out this instant with vista/win7 64.

just checkin out the forums before i try it out incase theres another work around, i'll stay posted..

Hi All,

If you are having any issues with the 9.7 beta, try reverting to the 9.5 release to go along with our new firmware and PD 2.05.

Catalyst 9.5 Actually contained the primary fixes for ATI compatibility w/TripleHead2Go already.

Catalyst 9.6 appears to have caused a regression in compatibility, which is why some users may have problems with 9.6, as well as with 9.7 beta.

Catalyst 9.7 is slated to have all the fixes re-enabled and all issues resolved (as I had mentioned in previous posts). However at this stage we are crossing our fingers since it is completely in ATI's court as to whether everything will be sorted out as planned.

I will provide more details as they become available.

-Mark

Thanks for your time, Mark.

Anyhow, followed the advice and downgraded to 9.5. Same problem though, except in reverse (which is nice!). Now triplehead setup is default and I can't change my main monitor. I think it may just be because I physically switched heads earlier though. Basically I can't change the main monitor from head 1, whatever happens to be plugged in. And if I change it without reinstalling the software the computer won't understand and will continue acting as if the DDC or whatever was there before is still there.

Still don't see the Powerdesk Icon in the taskbar, etc... When 9.7 proper releases I'll be sure to post whether or not I still have issues. Apparently I'm not the only one with the default monitor problem.

9.5 doesn't seem to support 5040, but PD does. Sort of. Wizard won't work, etc etc etc. Good thing I'm resilient!

9.7 has been officially released. For those of you who havent gotten it yet give it a shot and see how you go. For me unfortunately it has resulted in my system not recognizing 5040x1050 again.

Edit: DOH! Spoke too soon.. Installing the TH2go firmware again and rebooting allowed it to setup 5040x1050 once more.

Well, 9.7 is installed, and it works at 5040 right away, which is great!

Unfortunately, I am still unable to set the default monitor from any control.

I'm going to mess with it some more later...

Well, 9.7 is installed, and it works at 5040 right away, which is great!

Unfortunately, I am still unable to set the default monitor from any control.

I'm going to mess with it some more later...

Dude, I still cant see you posted that you tried my solution.. Ive had this happen to me twice, once with 9.6 and 9.7. Both times I have had the same thing happen, both times within 2-3 minutes its been resolved.

As of a note: if you are actually using the new CCC and its new interface, you can actually just swap monitors. You dont have to set a primary or anything.. If your trying to use windows display settings instead of CCC you will never get it working, as it is always 100% greyed out in the default windows display..

Wish you luck bud. Cant offer more advice.