Radeon TV-out turns on at boot, nothing on monitor until Windows

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Mitchua

I have a weird problem that's been bugging me. I finally decided to seek a
higher power ;-)

I run a Win XP/Linux system with a Radeon 9600 Pro on an ASUS A7V266-E with
an Athlon XP 1800+. If I have the (S-video) TV-out plugged into a TV when
I boot the machine, nothing after the CMOS display is shown on the computer
monitor until I get into Windows XP or X loads in Linux. On the TV is a
flickering display of the bootup sequence and the computer monitor makes a
high-pitched sqweel but is completely black. If I leave the TV-out
*DIS*connected, then I see the whole bootup sequence on the computer
monitor just fine. The only solution I've found is to unplug the TV-out
EVERY time I reboot which is annoying. Does anyone know a way around this?

I have the same problem if I swap in a Radeon 7000.

I'm pretty sure it's not a Windows/Linux config problem because this even
affects the LILO bootloader.

Thanks,
Mitchua
 
Pepperoni said:
Does your TV have a remote? Mine is set to run on the monitor, and I
switch to TV display using the TV remote. (TV/VIDEO button) On boot, my
start sequence also flickers and rolls. (I don't get noise or black
screen) Not sure how your setup works, but I would guess your TV is set to
the
primary display. I would try setting the monitor as primary and switching
to TV display using the remote, or the video card properties display.
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Would the settings in the O/S really affect the bootup? Everything works
fine once it's booted in an X environment.

To make it even more crazy, the TV is the primary monitor in Linux but it's
the 2ndary monitor in Windows...and I have the problem with both of them.

Thanks for the reply,
--Mitchua
 
Mitchua said:
Would the settings in the O/S really affect the bootup? Everything works
fine once it's booted in an X environment.
Click to expand...

You should have a display icon (in Windows) on your toolbar. This is where
you set your screen resolutions and other display properties. The settings
 
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