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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 14:40:52 GMT -8
I have the same issue with Windows 10 and my two monitor set up. I will let you know if I find a solution and please let me know if you find one. If you're using a USB2VGA, which type? Here I am using a SIIG Version Two with the Windows 10 driver and it doesn't work at all. In the device manager, I get his message when the SIIG unit is plugged in: "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems (Code 43) A request for the USB device descriptor failed."-Don- SSF, CA
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Post by tigger on Sept 8, 2015 14:52:38 GMT -8
I wonder if it is still trying to use the Windows 8.1 drivers as they are signed. Can you pull down Windows 10 specific drivers from the manufacturer's site?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 15:15:54 GMT -8
Can you pull down Windows 10 specific drivers from the manufacturer's site? My SIIG Windows 10 driver came direct from the SIIG website. -Don- SSF, CA
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Post by BlueBear on Sept 8, 2015 15:30:22 GMT -8
Options: 1) Contact SIIG and let them know politely that their Windows 10 driver is crap. Perhaps their Tech support can help you find a solution. 2) VGA is aging technology. Dual-monitor VGA cards (all of which would be last-generation tech) can be found online for very cheap, $20 or less. I know "spend more money" isn't the solution everyone wants to hear, but at such a low price-point, it may be worth it just to stop messing around with aging obsolete adapters that aren't working. Just a thought.
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Post by tigger on Sept 8, 2015 17:33:21 GMT -8
I would recommend you call the company directly at this point. Maybe they'll send you an updated one or have another resolution for you.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 18:48:45 GMT -8
Dual-monitor VGA cards (all of which would be last-generation tech) can be found online for very cheap, $20 or less. I know "spend more money" isn't the solution everyone wants to hear, but at such a low price-point, it may be worth it just to stop messing around with aging obsolete adapters that aren't working. Just a thought. If the thing works and does what I want, I will be happy to spend the twenty bucks each. But some of these video adapters only duplicate the video so the exact same stuff is on the each monitor. That I have no use for. I want to be able to extend the display and have an open window that won't close when I open a new window on the other monitor, as my USB video adapters will do. It wasn't clear what features that adapter has by what I just read. Do you know if they will extend the display, instead of only duplicating it? -Don- SSF, CA
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Post by BlueBear on Sept 8, 2015 19:41:26 GMT -8
It's not an adapter, it's a dual-monitor card. I don't know of any dual-monitor video card that only duplicates the displays, I dunno why anyone would buy that.
That said, I don't know anything about that card in particular, it's just a option I quickly got from Google. A 16MB card is quite low-end these days, you can likely get better if you shop around a bit. It sounds like they're not top-end systems you're putting them into anyway, so it may be perfectly up to date with your system, I dunno. You'd just need to make sure the PCI slot pins are compatible with the motherboard slots you're putting them onto. (I.e. Don't buy a PCIe card if your motherboard has only AGP slots, or vice versa... you'd want to double-check all that first.)
In your situation I'd probably contact the vendor of your adapter first. Obviously it was compatible with your system, it just stopped working with the Win10 upgrade, which is naturally frustrating.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2015 15:45:50 GMT -8
I have the same issue with Windows 10 and my two monitor set up. I will let you know if I find a solution and please let me know if you find one. To my surprise, I just found a soultion! Here is what I did to make it work here at my Colds Springs Valley, NV home where I use a StarTech USB2VGAE3 USB display adapter. First, set up your USB2VGA adapter as if it was to be used, with its Win10 drivers and such. 1. Go to your device manager. 2. Select your NORMAL display (ie, NOT for your extra monitor, NOT for your USB adapter). Perhaps something like "Microsoft Basic Display". 3. Update driver. 4. Check for updates on your computer ( NOT online). Check the entire computer from "C:/" Include subdirectories (be sure subdirectory box is checked). By the time it loads the driver, the 2nd display should work. Perhaps this was by operator error. I probably didn't read all the instructions when I got my Windows 10 display driver. It probably contains some type of driver for our regular display that needs to be updated to make our other display adapter work. The mistake I have been making was dealing with the adapter when I should have been dealing with my main display. Now, I will have to try my above instructions on my other computer in SSF, CA as well. That's the only computer I don't have two displays on now, but I won't be back there for a month or so to try it there. But my above instructions worked here and I assume it will work there too. Let me know if it works for you. -Don- Cold Springs Valley, NV
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2015 15:55:04 GMT -8
I don't know of any dual-monitor video card that only duplicates the displays, I dunno why anyone would buy that. I think it's mainly for education /class room purposes. So the instructor can use one monitor as another is being displayed to students. The problem is that some of them will not extend displays and they don't make it clear. Radio Shack sells such. It duplicates only, cannot be used to extend the display. Anyway, I assume you read my previous post how I got it to work here. Now, SSF, CA is my only computer that still works only with one monitor. It might be a month until I try my fix with it, as we usually only go back there about once per month. The tricky thing seems to be that the problem is really the main display that seems to work fine, but somehow prevents to extra display that is configured normally, from working at all. -Don- Cold Springs Valley, NV
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2015 23:22:55 GMT -8
I have the same issue with Windows 10 and my two monitor set up. I will let you know if I find a solution and please let me know if you find one. I have not heard from you. Did you find a solution? Did you try what worked for me? -Don- Reno, NV
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Post by JRinGeorgia on Sept 18, 2015 2:50:58 GMT -8
I don't know of any dual-monitor video card that only duplicates the displays, I dunno why anyone would buy that. I think it's mainly for education /class room purposes. So the instructor can use one monitor as another is being displayed to students. Also for many business purposes, for example set up in a trade show booth running a demo on two screens that catch people coming from two different directions.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2015 0:53:46 GMT -8
I don't know what happened to "Outdoor Union", but I am now back in SSF. Here I did the same thing as in my other message (to update the video driver from the Device Manager for the main display by looking on the computer from C:\ and all subdirectories) and now I have both monitors working fine here too. I have no idea where these drivers are located, so I search the entire computer. Within three or so minutes, I had both monitors working here, even before the driver completely updated (took another minute after I had the second display).
Here the USB2VGA unit is different from the other location, so updating the main display driver for the monitor that already works perfectly, seems to be the answer to get the one that doesn't work at all to work normally. I assume these drivers are part of the Windows 10 updates that we got for the USB2VGA, but we have to use these drivers on the MAIN display as well to get the USB2VGA to work.
So far, I have not had any issues with Windows 10 other than this one that is now fixed on all my computers.
I now do not have a single problem or complaint with using Windows 10.
-Don- SSF, CA
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2015 6:41:40 GMT -8
I now do not have a single problem or complaint with using Windows 10. But, of course, we are two months past the date I started this thread. I have no objections to using a new operating system as such. But in looking back at the several reasons I gave in my opening post, I see that all are as valid today as they were two months ago.
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Post by rebeccad on Oct 2, 2015 7:03:57 GMT -8
One concern is always how older hardware will handle the upgrades. I installed iOS9 on my iPad 2 yesterday (to be honest, I didn't expect it to install; none of the iOS8 upgrades would even download). I thought I'd lost it for a while--took about 2 hours to reboot. Seems to be okay this morning, though.
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Post by dirthurts on Oct 4, 2015 14:36:31 GMT -8
I've been using Windows 10 since it was release (and the beta version). I've been pretty happy with it. I've had no problems with it at all. Actually, I'm seeing a boost in gaming performance (which is nice). I am, however, the type who loves new things and exploring a new OS to me sounds like a fun time. Not everyone is quite so nerdy.
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