2 video cards in device manager

[vegasgmc]

I just replaced my Radeon 8500 with a 9500. First there was a 9500 and 9500 secondary. I removed the secondary and reboted and now theres 2 9500's. Everything seems to be working ok other than that.

 

[Steg]

wierd....thats odd
my guess is that you didnt remove the drivers beford removing the 8500? In which case remove (uninstall) the current drivers and the remove both cards in device manager and reboot - that should sort it out.

Steg

 

[Th3M1ghtyD8]

This is perfectly normal, there should be 2 instances of any ATi 9x00 * series card in device manager, due to the way the multi monitor feature works AFAIK.

* - 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800 SE/Non-Pro/Pro/XT Versions

To my knowledge this does not happen on the 8500, 9000, 9100, 9200 based cards.

 

[PreservedSwine]

Originally posted by Th3M1ghtyD8
This is perfectly normal, there should be 2 instances of any ATi 9x00 * series card in device manager, due to the way the multi monitor feature works AFAIK.

* - 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800 SE/Non-Pro/Pro/XT Versions

To my knowledge this does not happen on the 8500, 9000, 9100, 9200 based cards.

It may happen on any card w/ DUAL RAMDACS???

But yes, it SHOULD read to instances

 

[lowman]

2 Instances

I believe that should be the case with ANY video card that has a multi-monitor feature...

 

[dani_17]

It's normal.

Which is also normal is that both instances don't have the same name. Normaly you have

Radeon 9600
Radeon 9600 Secondary

Geforce 5700 #1
Geforce 5700 #2

And so on... but if both devices appear without a warning icon, and your pc works OK, then leave it like that.

 

[vegasgmc]

I found out by accident its because this is a dual head card. Thanks anyway.

 

[CrashOmatic2000]

Yeah my ATI 9000 also has a secondary i didnt like seeing it there but all is well and i sorta took it as it had to be for the secondary monitor option.

 

[Didou]

Only one instance for me ( GF4 4200 ).