Turning off Monitor function and Monitor Driver under Win2k
Ok, I've posted this problem all over the place on other forums and haven't gotten an answer yet. I'm using a CL 3D Blaster TNT2 ultra with the latest 5. 30 ref. drivers from Nvidia. I've got 2 problems and they're probably related.
Ok, I've posted this problem all over the place on other forums and haven't gotten an answer yet. I'm using a CL 3D Blaster TNT2 ultra with the latest 5.30 ref. drivers from Nvidia. I've got 2 problems and they're probably related. 1.) Windows 2000 will not shut my monitor off, no matter what time I set it for in the Power control panel (It did work at one time)... 2.) In the Advanced section of the Settings tab in the Display control panel, I can no longer go to the Monitor tab and click the Properties button. It is grayed out. So I can't change the driver of my monitor at all.
I've gone back to the OS drivers for my video card, I've tried all kinds of other versions, and no luck. If I reinstall the original Win2000 drivers for the video card and go in the monitor section right away, I can change it, and the monitor will turn off, but as soon as I change the resolution and reboot, it goes back to the way it was.
I also have a CL Encore DVD kit with the 6x drive and DXR3 card. I'm using the recently released beta drivers for that. I have a SBLive Value with the Liveware2000 drivers for it.
Any ideas as to fix this problem? Anyone?
Thanks,
Dave A.
I've gone back to the OS drivers for my video card, I've tried all kinds of other versions, and no luck. If I reinstall the original Win2000 drivers for the video card and go in the monitor section right away, I can change it, and the monitor will turn off, but as soon as I change the resolution and reboot, it goes back to the way it was.
I also have a CL Encore DVD kit with the 6x drive and DXR3 card. I'm using the recently released beta drivers for that. I have a SBLive Value with the Liveware2000 drivers for it.
Any ideas as to fix this problem? Anyone?
Thanks,
Dave A.
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I found that if I don't install the drivers for NT4 as well, the video plays, but the sound is choppy and movies will lock as well. As soon as you install the drivers for NT4, you lose the monitor again. So, I did some work and I found exactly which driver is killing it. It is the enc2filt.sys driver, which is apparently not completely necessary for the Encore to funcion, since I disabled it in Win2k's device manager and now movies play smooth as silk, and my monitor remains. Hope someone from Creative reads this, I'll probably post something in their DVD newsgroup as well.
