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Why does Windows Boot on the Second Monitor vs. the Primary Monitor?

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2011/05/15 06:08:25 (permalink)
How do I configure Windows or my EVGA 750i FTW BIOS to boot up on the primary monitor meaning when I boot up my computer the BIOS and Windows Logo appear on my #2 dual monitor and my main monitor is black until right after boot up is finished and the log-on screen appears then the #1 monitor becomes active and the #2 monitor goes black?
 
All of boot up should technically be on Monitor #1, how can I configure either the nVidia drivers or probably not but for arguments sake my BIOS (EVGA 750i FTW BIOS is realatively rudimentary) to display booting up on Monitor #1 instead of Monitor #2? 
 
Thank you for taking the time to read my question.

 
   
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    Re:Why does Windows Boot on the Second Monitor vs. the Primary Monitor? 2011/05/15 06:20:36 (permalink)
    Some more system information would be helpful. Are you using 2 GPUs? What GPUs? Does Nvidia control panel show your monitor set up?
     
    This is how mine is set up, although Im using SLI and a dedicated Physx card too.
     
    EDIT: Note placement of connections, Monitor 1 is the Sceptre, Monitor 2 is on the dedicated Physx. The cables are connected as pictured in the Nvidia control panel. If your using 1 GPU, Monitor 1 should be where my Sceptre is and obviously monitor 2 in the second connection. 

     
    Also what are your display settings in windows??
     
    Should look similar to this:
     

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    Re:Why does Windows Boot on the Second Monitor vs. the Primary Monitor? 2011/05/15 06:26:43 (permalink)
    Oh wow ok. I took the time to connect monitor #2 to the dedicated PhysX card I have (9800GT) and I bet that will solve the problem. So yah my configuration is similar to yours although I do not have SLI.
     
    How has been gaming with 480s in SLI? I choose not to go through the hastle of graphics problems or games just plain not working versus the expense of SLI?

     
       
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    Re:Why does Windows Boot on the Second Monitor vs. the Primary Monitor? 2011/05/15 06:31:35 (permalink)
    try control panel diplay tab.

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    Re:Why does Windows Boot on the Second Monitor vs. the Primary Monitor? 2011/05/15 06:33:09 (permalink)
    I have had no issues with SLI that I know of. People say they have microstutter and other things. It is nice to be able to crank up the eye candy and blaze away LOL. I did although put the whole system under water, 480s on air was a toaster oven!!!
    Also if the game doesnt support SLI 1 480 is enough to run most of them maxed. The only game I have had an issue with was Crysis 2 even with the SLI update. I just played it without SLI and was fine.
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    Re:Why does Windows Boot on the Second Monitor vs. the Primary Monitor? 2011/05/15 07:00:09 (permalink)
    I had a lot of crashes with my expereince with SLI, I started with Vista and had 2 8800 GTS 640s by XFX and this model 750i FTW, I wanted to play Crysis (1) and Far Cry 2 so bad but it would BSOD after 20 minutes of playing either of those intense games and I could only play those games with SLI enabled so I was obsessed at the time. I RMAed the motherboard once after weeks of troubleshooting and still no dice at that time Win7 was comming out so all of that work was essentialy a waste because Win7 was probably built better to handle those problems and I ended up being nice and selling my 2 XFX 8800 GTSs for inexpensive and trying the 295 which wasn't a whole lot better and was really expensive for the heat that generated it was the dual PCB version the orgional. Now with nVidia's major leap in graphics to Fermi architechture I have 1 EVGA 480 and can game at least cross my fingers hopefully for a while, I probably didn't need to RMA EVGA's board if I would have stuck to my guns a little more with the notion that Vista was essentialy the Windows BETA of future operating systems.
     
    My system's cool but I do cross my fingers that I don't snap something when I am moving something around with the side panel open and it is just cooled on air right now. I am rediculiously satisfied with how stable it is relatively.

     
       
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    Re:Why does Windows Boot on the Second Monitor vs. the Primary Monitor? 2011/05/15 07:53:03 (permalink)
    Yeah Vista was .....well an epic failure IMO. I had never formatted so many times in my life until I decided that Vista was the way to go LOL  (epic fail on my part) and turned out a wrong decision. I went back to XP and then moved to Win7 hoping it was going to be a good transition. So far it has been worth it, SLI wise has been flawless on 7 but then again its a combination of drivers and such.
     The 480s have been a good addition for me besides the heat/noise on air, I knew it from the start from all the reviews. I figured it couldnt be any worse than Tri SLI GTX275s on air. Well I was wrong LOL That's when I decided on water cooling and have been happy with their performance and temps since the change.
     SLI has come a long way, supported games and drivers and such. Ive had it since inception, was a "cool" factor to me back then.


     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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