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I bought 2 mini DP ->DVI active adapters only to have one fail after about 10 minutes. I was then fortunate to find mini dp to dp cables (no adapter, just a cable with mini dp at one end and dp at the other). Definitely the best solution as far as I am concerned, so worth hunting around for.

Yes it was a failed adapter. I picked up two mini DP to DP cables (no adapter involved) and eyefinity is back up and running. Now just waiting for the replacement Alienware on Thursday hoping for the instant crash on starting games in eyefinity (even COD4!) to be resolved.

I reckon you are right - one of the adapters seems to have stopped working completely now so I can only view two screens. I'm off to the shops to buy DP cables and cut out the adapters.

System specs:

Alienware R3, 2600k, 16GB RAM, HD6990 (11.11 and CAP1), Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit.
Old Dell 24" plus two newly purchased Dell U2412M.
Connected via one DVI and two active mini DP to DVI adapters.

This is a brand new system. Once I got hold of the active adapters I plugged in ...