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well, nothing makes it any better.

Ive changed power supply and motherboard in an attempt to make certain im not underpowering the stupid adapter, but alas it still blanks out randomly.

I would really like a fix to this so i can move on. I know its new tech and bla bla, but before AMD's marketroids started thinking about how they were going to put "eyefinity" on all their retail boxes, you would hope this sort of obvious problem would have been discovered. At this point I wish I'ld never heard of eyefinity cause now I have it stuck in my head that I can rock the IL-2 or GRID in panoramic mode, and it torments me to play it on one screen. That personality flaw isn't anyone elses fault but mine, but thanks for the needless noise in my life anyway.

I opened a ticket with bizlink/accell about a week ago, and while they are asking for lots of detailed info and seem intent on solving the issue, I have been given zero in the manner of work around, or acknowledgment of the problem (they claim the only thing they can reproduce and confirm is not enough power to the usb composite device, which I think is BS), or an ETA on resolution.

Im just now coming back to ATI after running away from them due to a disastrous experience with 900 dollars worth of first gen Crossfire gear, which also had endless, unresolvable issues (CF stutters?, flakey SATA controller on the DDR1 based crossfire xpress motherboards? ) and I really hope theres something that can be done about this.

Cause right now I'm so ticked off at this problem that it prevents me from enjoying my gaming time, I might start an awareness campaign in the parking lot of my local microcenter. To the effect that eyefinity is an unsupportable gimmick without buying 2 cards and the PC infrastructure to run that config, or needing a monitor that the common marketplace doesnt stock yet (newegg has one 19inch wide with DP input, and they want 400 for it).

Or maybe I'll get super motivated and spirited by my frustrations and see if the good people in this forum number enough to bring a class action against Accell and or AMD/ATI to get our wooden nickels back...

:x

To be fair, ATI never made any claims about compatibility with DP --> DVI adapters. This was a solution that was conceived by people who wanted to run eyefinity with 3 DVI monitors. As with anything that is not officially "certified" by the manufacturer, you live with the outcomes.

Don't get me wrong, I have this blinking issue also and would like it to be solved asap. It would be great if ATI can help out.

I see you guys are having issues with eyefinity, since I am not (knock on wood), I figured I'd post my (relevant) specs.
Two Samsung 226BW 1680x1050 res
One LG W2242TQ-BF 1680x1050
Bizlink DP to DVI adapter
XFX HD5870 Manufactured on what I believe is November 20th
James

To be fair, ATI never made any claims about compatibility with DP --> DVI adapters. This was a solution that was conceived by people who wanted to run eyefinity with 3 DVI monitors. As with anything that is not officially "certified" by the manufacturer, you live with the outcomes.

Don't get me wrong, I have this blinking issue also and would like it to be solved asap. It would be great if ATI can help out.

These adapters have been validated to work with Eyefinity. and have been included in the ATI Eyefinity Validation Program:

http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity.aspx

http://support.amd.com/us/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity-dongles.aspx

It's nothing that was "Just conceived" by people that just wanted to run eyefinity with 3 DVI monitors

As with anything that is not officially "certified" by the manufacturer, you live with the outcomes.

Validation is AMD's highest award of quality. Validated products undergo extensive synthetic and real-world testing to help ensure a good customer experience. Validated products include components, and software that are critical for an optimal experience with ATI Eyefinity Technology. For the best assurance of quality, interoperability and a positive user experience.

Not only what the above poster mentioned, but dell simply rebrands things like this. I ordered right from them and like many things I've ordered from dell, the product has a different logo on it, unlike whats displayed on the site. When Dell says they work for a particular setup, its just there to guide people with lower technical skills in the right direction. With that being said, I have no clue why someone would pay this much for an adapter if they are not running eyefinity because the simple 20$ adapters should work, or so you would think.
James

[quote]To be fair, ATI never made any claims about compatibility with DP --> DVI adapters. This was a solution that was conceived by people who wanted to run eyefinity with 3 DVI monitors. As with anything that is not officially "certified" by the manufacturer, you live with the outcomes.

Don't get me wrong, I have this blinking issue also and would like it to be solved asap. It would be great if ATI can help out.

These adapters have been validated to work with Eyefinity. and have been included in the ATI Eyefinity Validation Program:

http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity.aspx

http://support.amd.com/us/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity-dongles.aspx

It's nothing that was "Just conceived" by people that just wanted to run eyefinity with 3 DVI monitors

As with anything that is not officially "certified" by the manufacturer, you live with the outcomes.

Validation is AMD's highest award of quality. Validated products undergo extensive synthetic and real-world testing to help ensure a good customer experience. Validated products include components, and software that are critical for an optimal experience with ATI Eyefinity Technology. For the best assurance of quality, interoperability and a positive user experience.

Mine is on that list of Bizlink ones but yet I still have flickering monitor from time to time.

I stand corrected. :?

I didn't know ATI actually completed any certification on any dongles.

It is important to note the part number / firmware revisions of the adapters (which is why we list them). The validation that we put into it has resulted in firmware changes on the adapter side and some earlier ones may not be at the latest firmware rev.

It is important to note the part number / firmware revisions of the adapters (which is why we list them). The validation that we put into it has resulted in firmware changes on the adapter side and some earlier ones may not be at the latest firmware rev.

How do we find what firmware it is using.

An important question is if we can flash the dongle to an updated firmware.