odd setup issues

[harbingerofdoom]

Hey all,
I have a dell optiplex745 with an nVidia fx5200 installed in it going to an akai LCT37AD flat panel TV (this dell is working as a media server, nothing fancy).
during post, the bios detects the 5200 and sends video to it. once it boots into windows, the akai goes black & shows not support (meaning the signal being sent to it is out of range or something to that effect) but the onboard video works just fine (the only real problem being that the intel Q965/Q963 adapter only has 800x600 and 1024x768 as resolution options, the exact thing I was trying to fix by tossing the 5200 in that box).

I can not make any changes to the nvidia properties that will stick when i dont have the tv plugged into that card in order to correct this.

anyone have any suggestions as to where the problems may be on this?

 

[harbingerofdoom]

i had to grab another monitor and have the akai and the other monitor connected at the same time in order to tell windows to turn off the onboard video and enable the 5200.
its working now..


...now to monkey with resolution settings