Work, sometimes games, but when I play games I generally just play them on one monitor.

Reinstalled the 13.8 beta drivers and sure enough there is number 6 but this is what it looks like.


Catalyst Control Panel doesn't even see it:



Flipped the switch on the video card with the new 13.8 drivers, still the same thing.
When I try to enable the monitor I get this error message.


I've also tried plugging multiple display port adapters into the highlighted displayport by them selves and nothing ever shows up on the display port, I'm pretty sure the display port is dead or the switch is bad. but considering the display is actually being detected as the pictures above, i'm pretty sure more than anything it's something to do with the switch.

I've been reading with more than passing interest the two postings from BlaskhatEspeed about his six monitor setup.

My #1 system is listed in my signature, my #2 system:
ABIT IX48 GT3 w/BIOS 12 (no other versions available - ABIT out of business)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 cpu
Corsair Hydro Series H80 High Performance Liquid Cooler (CWCH80)
Sapphire Radeon HD6970 2GB GDDR5 PCIe 2.1 X16 video card (two each) connected in CrossfireX Mode (each has two mini-display ports and two DVI connectors)
Samsung SyncMaster225bw (two each)(DVI and VGA)

I used Google to find info about display ports (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort) and found info from AMd about adapters at: http://support.amd.com/us/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity-dongles.aspx and info about the 1.2 MST:
http://www.club-3d.com/index.php/products/reader.en/product/mst-hub-1-3.html

What I did not find was any info or review about expected or possible improvements in the display itself if the Displsy Ports were used. Google searches provided little info.

I did find many comments about monitors being 'detected' but not 'identified' and that XP could not support more than two monitors even though it could detect more. I found postings about possible software solutions: UltraMon v3.2.2,
DisplayFusion v5.0.1. I found a posting about switching monitor identities: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=657768 (which requires registry editing). I did come to the conclusion that XP is unable to allow the user to successfully use more than two monitors but Win 7 would display six using AMd's Eyefinity (according to the info on the box and at the AMD web site).

Is it safe to assume then that if the user starts from scratch with a system that has had only one monitor connected (any others connected earlier have been edited out of the registry using the directions mentioned above) then monitor identity numbering would be as follows (if connected to my ASUS Radeon HD7970 DirectCUII 3Gb GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card: monitor #1 to Display Port #1, m#2 to DP2, m#3 to DP3, m#4 to DP4, m#5 to DVI #1, and m#6 to DVI #2. Not that I have six moniors but I offer this as a possible numbering end result. Obviously Active Adapters would have to be used for a DVI to DP connection; passive adapters can be used for VGA to DP connections. So, I could then theoretically, move my two systems so that they are close enough for the video cabling to be cross-connected such that each system would have four monitors. I am numbering the display ports from 1 to 4, top to bottom as shown on the box and the DVIs are also 1 and 2, top to bottom (the red line is around DP4 and DVI 2).

As of right now after talking to Asus, we are sure it's a defect. Apparently the switch is not working or the displayport is bad because I have all active adapters and all of the adapters are tested and working. I'm waiting for the Advance RMA that Asus is shipping me now. I also just ordered 6 27" monitors and I'm probably going to order another 7970 for crossfire.

It's working now, thanks Asus for the next day RMA!
It was definitely a hardware problem.

PRODUCTION:



Let's see your bull**** Mac do this. Asus For Life.