I have two EVGA 780ti video cards. I have 3 monitors plugged into the DVI interfaces of the cards, and setup as SLI/one big screen.
I have a 4th monitor on the top- and have it plugged into the top video cards HDMI slot. I can plug this monitor in when windows is booted and logged in - and recognize it and all works fine.
When I go to restart the machine however, that is where the problems happen. The system boots, I can tell see the BIOS prompt and the windows 8.1 spinning dots.
Then I get an orange screen (my chosen background color) with nothing on it. After about 30 seconds, this screen goes black, and I never get to a login screen. If I then unplug the 4th monitor on the HDMI - the system boots fine, and logs in. I can then plug in the 4th screen and all is well.
Specifics:
windows 8.1
Drivers: 340.43 beta (and the prior release version as well did the same thing)
3 ASUS VG248QE (plugged into DVI)
1 Acer H243H (plugged into HDMI)
Boot sequence - spinning windows 8.1 dots shows up on the HDMI screen.
Center screen of the 3 VG248's is active but black.
Boot sequence finishes. Acer screen goes black, and center VG248 goes to orange screen.
30 seconds - screen goes black and I never see a login prompt.
Anyone have ideas on what might be wrong?
Thank you,
Kevin