Thanks for the replies.

I'm using displaylink for all monitors connected. The other monitor is a 60hz display.

I have Windows and the Nvidia control panel all configured properly. Even when waking up the display and logging in, the NVC says the ROG is still #1, but you can tell it isn't.

I am using fast boot in the BIOS. I can try disabling that. But the 2nd monitor works properly even with fast boot enabled. Maybe the ROG just takes longer to "warm up"?

ComputerLuva wrote:
Thanks for the replies.

I'm using displaylink for all monitors connected. The other monitor is a 60hz display.

I have Windows and the Nvidia control panel all configured properly. Even when waking up the display and logging in, the NVC says the ROG is still #1, but you can tell it isn't.

I am using fast boot in the BIOS. I can try disabling that. But the 2nd monitor works properly even with fast boot enabled. Maybe the ROG just takes longer to "warm up"?

It shouldn't because we had 2 of these connected in our studio and we never had either of the issues you described (both also connected through DP on ROG Strix GTX 1080)

Try installing the WHQL driver:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/LCD%20Monitors/PG279/PG279_WHQL_Driver.zip?_ga=1.184635499.31373410...

Also I would recommend using DDU to clean up all your graphics drivers and re-install with latest Nvidia graphics drivers.

For the BIOS part I think this is really something to do with one of the monitors being defective.

Edit:
Also check your cables, always the last thing we suspect and could actually be the culprit.

JustinThyme wrote:
What is the second monitor that is 60 hz. You do know that this is going to default both t0 60Hz right?

When I say fast boot Im mostly referring to windows fast boot. If you have problem drivers/config issues its going to reload them at restart and even cold boot.
Start>settings>power&Sleep>additional power settings>(window pops up)Choose what the power buttons do on the left>Change settings that are currently unavailable>uncheck the turn on fast start up.

This is really a hybrid hibernate. It dumps drivers and the kernel from ram to a file "hiberfil.sys" then reloads it at reboot. This is supposed to give you a faster load time but it causes more problems than its worth and even working correctly it doesn't make much, if any, difference if you have an SSD.

This is worth a shot but no guarantee. When running multiple monitors its best to use the same monitor and if not at least the same attributes such as size, resolution and refresh rate etc.

Thanks, I'll give the power options a shot.

What did you mean by the 2nd monitor by it'll default both to 60hz? The 2nd monitor is a Dell u2212hm. I'm not having any issues with one running 60hz and the ROG running 144. I can see they are both correctly set even after waking up the display.

ComputerLuva wrote:
Thanks, I'll give the power options a shot.

What did you mean by the 2nd monitor by it'll default both to 60hz? The 2nd monitor is a Dell u2212hm. I'm not having any issues with one running 60hz and the ROG running 144. I can see they are both correctly set even after waking up the display.

You are correct. I believe the previous post was thinking you were running NVidia Surround setup with a spanned resolution? There should be no problem with your setup running two resolutions and frame rates (except for maybe G-sync). Bahz, I don't know what your talking about, first thing I thought about was swap the cables and see if it still happens. 😉

Also you could Try swapping the monitors around. see if it does the same issue after the monitors have swapped positions. If it keeps wanting to put a monitor in a specific spot just put the monitor there physically. It sounds like one of those weird issues where you either reinstall your OS or spend 20 hours troubleshooting to find out it's not fixable unless you reinstall your OS. I would go with the OS reinstall if Bahz's suggestion of running a complete clean install of drivers doesn't work. I work at one of the big 3 car company's and literally create computer images with drivers to get paid.I still have issues trying to get NVidia drivers to work consistently. (-_-)

Crashcourse316 wrote:
You are correct. I believe the previous post was thinking you were running NVidia Surround setup with a spanned resolution? There should be no problem with your setup running two resolutions and frame rates (except for maybe G-sync). Bahz, I don't know what your talking about, first thing I thought about was swap the cables and see if it still happens. 😉

Also you could Try swapping the monitors around. see if it does the same issue after the monitors have swapped positions. If it keeps wanting to put a monitor in a specific spot just put the monitor there physically. It sounds like one of those weird issues where you either reinstall your OS or spend 20 hours troubleshooting to find out it's not fixable unless you reinstall your OS. I would go with the OS reinstall if Bahz's suggestion of running a complete clean install of drivers doesn't work. I work at one of the big 3 car company's and literally create computer images with drivers to get paid.I still have issues trying to get NVidia drivers to work consistently. (-_-)

Yeah I'm not running surround. Just have the side monitor for when I'm not playing games. GSync and 144hz are working fine according to the monitor's OSD.

I tried swapping cables and using new ones, but no change unfortunately. Next up is to try cleaning out the drivers and reinstalling.

ComputerLuva wrote:
Yeah I'm not running surround. Just have the side monitor for when I'm not playing games. GSync and 144hz are working fine according to the monitor's OSD.

I tried swapping cables and using new ones, but no change unfortunately. Next up is to try cleaning out the drivers and reinstalling.

Hope that works and you don't need to do a rebuild of the OS. So much extra work if your not even sure of the initial issue. Just a small tip from my experiences. If you end up doing the rebuild. Make a Windows 10 USB and make sure its the correct type of win10 for your license key (pro,home,enterprise). if you make the wrong usb it wont work then you have to find a new place to build your usb again. After your USB is built. try running the windows 10 refresh and select keep all personal data (back up all your stuff anyways before hand even though you select keep data). Sometimes this process fails, and won't allow you to refresh. if it fails select refresh and remove all data. If that fails then you need a rebuild for sure. The reason I say build the USB first is because on occasion the "refresh" will end up destroying your boot partition and you wont be able to boot into windows after a failed refresh. Then at least you have the USB to build fresh without having to find another computer.

anyways that's my input. good luck.