Dual monitor problems with Ti4200-TD8X

I cannot put the second LCD monitor to work with the Ti4200-TD8X card. It works mirroring the main display during the boot procedure and the black windows XP loading screen. When it gets to the blue login screen the second monitor shuts off and all options on the driver menus related to extending the desktop into the second monitor just grey out.
Does anybody have some clues on this one?
Thanks!

Hi Guys!
why do I have the strange feeling that I'm talking to my self.... alone....
What a nice support service!....
Anyway, let me share what I found and how I was able to make it work....
I used the DVI-I to VGA adapter supplied together with a VGA cable without pin 9 connected... According to most recent VGA specs this line could carry optionally +5 V and is considered part of the comunication protocol together with pin 12 and 15 that allows settings data to be transfered bi-directinally between Video card and moitor. BUT, to make it work I also had to resort to the 44.03 drivers version!
So, this confirms that there is a problem in the card, either at hardware level or at software level... Why does it work nicelly with the monitor connected to the VGA port and not with the seccond monitor connected with the same cable + adapter?
This only means that the protocol/connections implementation was not consistent between both ports...
MSI guys, please correct it!... and do not let us suffer alone in forum, talking to the walls... I'm disapointed... this was my first and last MSI product buy...

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