kvm switch vista beta 2 video

I am running a GeForce 6800 GT card with the 88.61 Nvidia drivers.
I run a KVM switch so I can use 2 computers. One with Vista and the other with XP. I mentioned earlier when I switch from one computer to the other, I get a device connect or disconnect alert. I have also noticed, if I do not have the Vista computer selected and it goes into a screen saver mode, if I switch back to it, there is no video signal. I have tried hitting keys to "wake it up" with no effect, hence I have to restart.
If I hit the power button, Vista will go through a shutdown cycle and occasionally, the video will return when it displays the "windows is shutting down" screen.
Questions: Has anyone else seen this?
Is there an approved KVM switch for Vista, since I did not see one?
Could it be related to the Nvidia drivers?
Are there any key combinations or any other way to wake up the video signal?
Thanks, Clark

I have a similar problem that when I'll turn my monitors off if I'm not going to be using the computer for awhile and when I turn them back on my primary monitor doesn't come back but my secondary is unaffected. I don't yet know what the cause of the problem is though.
Stephen J. Froman
"Clark" wrote in message

I am running a GeForce 6800 GT card with the 88.61 Nvidia drivers.
I run a KVM switch so I can use 2 computers. One with Vista and the other with XP. I mentioned earlier when I switch from one computer to the other, I get a device connect or disconnect alert. I have also noticed, if I do not have the Vista computer selected and it goes into a screen saver mode, if I switch back to it, there is no video signal. I have tried hitting keys to "wake it up" with no effect, hence I have to restart.
If I hit the power button, Vista will go through a shutdown cycle and occasionally, the video will return when it displays the "windows is shutting down" screen.
Questions: Has anyone else seen this?
Is there an approved KVM switch for Vista, since I did not see one?
Could it be related to the Nvidia drivers?
Are there any key combinations or any other way to wake up the video signal?
Thanks, Clark

I am having a similar problem. I have a 6600GT with the Nvidia drivers. I also have a 4-port KVM switch. However, I only use it to switch the monitors. I have a seperate keyb/mouse for each machine. (using the KVM causes repsonse problems with gaming for me) In XP I could switch the monitor to my server whenever. With Vista, when I do this I hear the device disconnect sound and my resolution goes to like 800x600 and just one monitor. When I switch back I hear the device connect sound and I have to re-setup the monitors all over again. It is needless to say this is annoying and I have no idea if it is the drivers or the OS itself. Any suggestions would be welcome.
Jonathan
"Clark" wrote:

I am running a GeForce 6800 GT card with the 88.61 Nvidia drivers.
I run a KVM switch so I can use 2 computers. One with Vista and the other with XP. I mentioned earlier when I switch from one computer to the other, I get a device connect or disconnect alert. I have also noticed, if I do not have the Vista computer selected and it goes into a screen saver mode, if I switch back to it, there is no video signal. I have tried hitting keys to "wake it up" with no effect, hence I have to restart.
If I hit the power button, Vista will go through a shutdown cycle and occasionally, the video will return when it displays the "windows is shutting down" screen.
Questions: Has anyone else seen this?
Is there an approved KVM switch for Vista, since I did not see one?
Could it be related to the Nvidia drivers?
Are there any key combinations or any other way to wake up the video signal?
Thanks, Clark

I am having almost identical problems as this. I am using a 6600GT card with the nvidia drivers. I find the sounds are identical and i have to re-setup the screen everytime.
Jonathan
"Clark" wrote:

I am running a GeForce 6800 GT card with the 88.61 Nvidia drivers.
I run a KVM switch so I can use 2 computers. One with Vista and the other with XP. I mentioned earlier when I switch from one computer to the other, I get a device connect or disconnect alert. I have also noticed, if I do not have the Vista computer selected and it goes into a screen saver mode, if I switch back to it, there is no video signal. I have tried hitting keys to "wake it up" with no effect, hence I have to restart.
If I hit the power button, Vista will go through a shutdown cycle and occasionally, the video will return when it displays the "windows is shutting down" screen.
Questions: Has anyone else seen this?
Is there an approved KVM switch for Vista, since I did not see one?
Could it be related to the Nvidia drivers?
Are there any key combinations or any other way to wake up the video signal?
Thanks, Clark

Sorry about the multiple replies. It was telling me the messages we not recieved so I tried to re-post...oops :-)
"Soundmaster80" wrote:

I am having almost identical problems as this. I am using a 6600GT card with the nvidia drivers. I find the sounds are identical and i have to re-setup the screen everytime.
Jonathan
"Clark" wrote:
I am running a GeForce 6800 GT card with the 88.61 Nvidia drivers.
I run a KVM switch so I can use 2 computers. One with Vista and the other with XP. I mentioned earlier when I switch from one computer to the other, I get a device connect or disconnect alert. I have also noticed, if I do not have the Vista computer selected and it goes into a screen saver mode, if I switch back to it, there is no video signal. I have tried hitting keys to "wake it up" with no effect, hence I have to restart.
If I hit the power button, Vista will go through a shutdown cycle and occasionally, the video will return when it displays the "windows is shutting down" screen.
Questions: Has anyone else seen this?
Is there an approved KVM switch for Vista, since I did not see one?
Could it be related to the Nvidia drivers?
Are there any key combinations or any other way to wake up the video signal?
Thanks, Clark

To all that have this problem, seems that some KVM's when switched off the system drop the video signal. Vista can detect when a monitor is unplugged from most modern video cards, hence the disconnect sound. I have 2 different KVM's and have noticed that one of them does this, and the other does not. Tested it by directly hooking up a monitor and unplugging it, I also get the disconnect sound. So KVM issue, not vista. Weird thing is my KVM that does not work is a nicer Belkin 4 port model, the one that works fine is a low end Zonet 4 porter.
"Clark" wrote in message

I am running a GeForce 6800 GT card with the 88.61 Nvidia drivers.
I run a KVM switch so I can use 2 computers. One with Vista and the other with XP. I mentioned earlier when I switch from one computer to the other, I get a device connect or disconnect alert. I have also noticed, if I do not have the Vista computer selected and it goes into a screen saver mode, if I switch back to it, there is no video signal. I have tried hitting keys to "wake it up" with no effect, hence I have to restart.
If I hit the power button, Vista will go through a shutdown cycle and occasionally, the video will return when it displays the "windows is shutting down" screen.
Questions: Has anyone else seen this?
Is there an approved KVM switch for Vista, since I did not see one?
Could it be related to the Nvidia drivers?
Are there any key combinations or any other way to wake up the video signal?
Thanks, Clark