need help with 2nd monitor

[Nadasive]

hey guys, okay so i got my dvi to vga adapter so i can connect my 2nd monitor onto my macbook pro
heres the problem
on leopard it works perfect but on windows vista ultimate (bootcamp) it doesn't work at all
it detects it and stuff but the screen itself is black
its on, the power button is green and its working fine.
somebody help please

 

[Hawkeye411]

I'm not sure about Vista but with XP you sometimes have to go into the Monitor settings and turn on the external monitor.

 

[Nadasive]

yea i just tried that it says that its connected but it doesn't show anything
just black screen

 

[Nadasive]

alright this is what just happened
i booted into leopard and it worked, i restarted into windows vista, as it was starting it would show what happens on the external monitor but when it got to the log in part it went blank

please help

 

[alphaod]

Try connecting an external keyboard and mouse, and reboot into Windows with the screen closed. That'll see if Vista is broke or something else

 

[Nadasive]

that didnt work either
do i have to re-install? vista

 

[fr4c]

what is the resolution set in Windows Vista? some monitors will not display if the set resolution is outside its "parameters".

 

[Nadasive]

what is the resolution set in Windows Vista? some monitors will not display if the set resolution is outside its "parameters".

I think its a bit over 1600x768
But I dont think that means anything because on mac os x my resolution was over 1600x768 and the other screen worked at 1024x768
and I've tried making both screens the same resloution and that didn't work either


The computer recgonizes it and it says its connected I don't see anything, its just black

I both more adapters and tried them all and non of them helped
I connected other screens and same crap
I'm guesing its from the os itself (one of the many reasons windows sucks)
I don't know what to do
today later I'm going to the apple store tonsee what there going to say

 

[Osarkon]

Just a thought - have you tried dragging a window over onto the screen?

It could always be on, just with no wallpaper.

Well you never know...

 

[Nadasive]

Yeah that was one of the first things I've tried