Multi Monitor System Freeze

[Swap]

Is there anyone that can help?

I have recently purchased a triple monitor set-up from Dell, I went for the Dimension5150 3.00GHZ ,1024RAM, 80GB with 3 x 19" analogue (VGA connector) TFT screens. I have run these screens from one nVidi GeForce 7300LE & one nVidi GeForce 6200 PCI graphics card on winXP, I have installed the drivers & configured the settings to produce the image across 3 screens...... the problem is??? the system just seems to freeze when I attempt to open the windows media player & when the moving screen saver appears???? any ideas why??? & how to resolve???

I hate to think what might happen when I have direct acess platform, charts & news open at the same time! worst case scenario system freeze when im in one!!!!!..... could be costly.

Any suggestions welcome....

Thankyou in advance.....

 

[anley]

Overheating maybe? Is there good airflow to/from the box, is there a lot of dust getting in and building up around the fan?

Maybe the PC is not powerful enough, remove one of the monitors for a day or 2 and see if the problem still occurs.

 

[anley]

Also, try another media player like Winamp, check out this site all the programs are free

http://www.nonags.com/

Also turn off the screen saver, instead set the moniters to powerdown after say 60 mins

 

[roguetrader]

Sounds like some sort of software conflict, I doubt very much if the computer would have any problems running the setup. You might try their site and make sure you have the most up to date drivers installed for the cards.
Aside from the media player and the screensaver, is the setup working ok?

Also try this FAQ site.
http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/faq.asp

Forum is a bit more up to date
http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/

Last but not least try Nvidia forums.
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showforum=24

 

[oatman]

You've answered your own question. Screensavers are a known problem. Windows Media won't do you any favours either.
Could run a couple of tests to check if anything obvious is amiss.
http://www.pcpitstop.com/default.asp
http://www.iobit.com/WindowsCare.htm

 

[Swap]

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

I have just purchased the matrox TH2G triple head to go adapter, problem solved.