Display output switches when playing games

whywouldyoudothat

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Hi guys, I have a problem with my monitor output changing when I play games. I only have one monitor connected via hdmi to my video card. It's sli. It seems to be set as the only monitor in all the settings but for some reason if I start a game the display output changes so I have to pull the connector out and change it to the second connector for the display to work again. When I close the game, I have to switch it back.

I had this same problem back in Vista but somehow it stopped, I am running Windows 7 now.

Does anyone know how I can solve this? Thanks.
 

whywouldyoudothat

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Oh, the port on the video card is dvi, the cable is dvi-hdmi to the monitor. Each card has two dvi ports( 2x 8800gt). I don't think it's linked to just one of the ports because I have had to switch it between them and it seems like the display output just gets changed to the opposite port that I was using.