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

[Hewitt_Tech]

Thomas Charron wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Alex Hewitt <hewitt_tech at comcast.net> wrote:
>> It really does sound like broken hardware. I've noticed that small form
>> factor machines (with the exception of the Mac Mini) seem to have a
>> higer rate of failure than regular towers.
> 
>   But he's able to connect OTHER monitors to the same computer via the
> DVI port and it works fine.
> 

Well perhaps not outright broken but probably incompatible. I wonder if 
the initial video signal put out by the Dell is a problem for that 
monitor? Usually in that situation you would get a "signal out of range" 
or error of that type. One thing that can cause a problem like this is a 
loss of ground or other active connection.

Looking at Dell's web page for the Hybrid it doesn't appear that there 
is any way to switch to a different video controller.

-Alex

P.S. Just for the fun of it try turning the ViewSonic monitor off with 
the on/off button and then turning it back on again while it's 
connected. You might see some form of diagnostic on the monitor. If the 
monitor as an "Auto" button you could try pressing it although I'm sure 
you have already tried that.