MSI 7970 Lightning...display problems

I just got today the Lightning 7970.  I have tried two of the displayports and they work, but when I switch to one of the other two displayports...the computer doesn't even post.  So to recap...of the 4 displayports, 2 do fine and 2 don't even post on reboot.
Is it that you only get two of the 4 displayports for booting...and the other 2 are used when in windows?
My computer is running
Windows 8 64bit
Latest 12.11 drivers
6gb of ram
I7 920 intel cpu

not sure, can you check if they will work within windows?

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