Dell Studio Hybrid won't work with ViewSonic vx2235wm monitor (DVI)

Neil Joseph Schelly neil at jenandneil.com
Mon Apr 13 11:26:47 EDT 2009


On Monday 13 April 2009 11:14:47 am Greg Rundlett wrote:
> I never get anything.  No beep, cursor, text, splash, nothing.  I turn
> the computer on, and the screen remains black as if there is no signal
> to it.  If I have another computer connected on the VGA port, I can
> toggle back and forth between analog and digital, with a perfect
> diplay on the VGA input, and no signal on the DVI input.  If I connect
> my Macbook to the DVI input, I'll be able to toggle between both
> inputs and both work.

Well, as far as I'm concerned, that eliminates the OS or HDCP from this 
entirely.  If you can't get that to work, you've either got to hope there's a 
firmware update for your machine or video card (good chance?) or maybe even 
for the monitor (doubtful).
-N


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