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- Sep 7, 2003
I'm having trouble making my DVI work. Both of my monitors (Samsung 19", and Acer 20") are pretty new, and both accept DVI or VGA. Neither of them are working with DVI, so it's not the monitors. I have also tried an older DVI cable I had laying around, and a new "premium" cable I bought. So rule the cables out also.
The video card is the Radeon X1650, pretty new and not abused. It has a DVI and VGA output. I am using both of them, one for each monitor. I am forced to use VGA mode for both of them, so the DVI port is using an adapter. Things are working fine in VGA, and have been for a long time.
The only thing is, DVI is better, and I have invested in the cables, so I want to switch. Also, my current VGA cables are not long enough, and I need to use these long DVI cables I bought, so I will be using DVI, but maybe not until I get my new workstation up and running in about a month's time most likely. I have an HD3850 sitting here waiting to be used, dual DVI, so both will be used then. But for now, I wouldn't mind just getting one of them to work to experiment. Also, it would allow me to move my monitors closer to where I want them. I sort of lean to the side on my desk, and I have an ergo LCD arm that lets the LCDs float where ever I want them. The closer they are to where I want them, the less I have to crank my neck every second.
So I unplug my VGA cable and adapter, and plug in the DVI cable. The monitor, both of them, complain that they aren't receiving a signal. I even turn the monitor off, and back on, they never work when plugged into DVI. I think they look at DVI, but aren't seeing a signal.
That is the problem. Why isn't there a DVI signal? Do I need to reboot the system when going from DVI with a VGA adapter, to actually using DVI? It seems weird that it would require a reboot, I would think it would already be using DVI, and wouldn't know the difference between an actual DVI monitor, and using a DVI to VGA adapter, but maybe the adapter somehow tells the VCard to use analog instead somehow, and isn't actually an adapter?
I know it sounds silly, but I just don't restart my computer much, and if I ever do, I'm probably not in the mood for reaching back there and rerouting wires. If it isn't a reboot that I need, what else is there? It sounds funny, but I have never used anything but VGA.
Thanks!
The video card is the Radeon X1650, pretty new and not abused. It has a DVI and VGA output. I am using both of them, one for each monitor. I am forced to use VGA mode for both of them, so the DVI port is using an adapter. Things are working fine in VGA, and have been for a long time.
The only thing is, DVI is better, and I have invested in the cables, so I want to switch. Also, my current VGA cables are not long enough, and I need to use these long DVI cables I bought, so I will be using DVI, but maybe not until I get my new workstation up and running in about a month's time most likely. I have an HD3850 sitting here waiting to be used, dual DVI, so both will be used then. But for now, I wouldn't mind just getting one of them to work to experiment. Also, it would allow me to move my monitors closer to where I want them. I sort of lean to the side on my desk, and I have an ergo LCD arm that lets the LCDs float where ever I want them. The closer they are to where I want them, the less I have to crank my neck every second.
So I unplug my VGA cable and adapter, and plug in the DVI cable. The monitor, both of them, complain that they aren't receiving a signal. I even turn the monitor off, and back on, they never work when plugged into DVI. I think they look at DVI, but aren't seeing a signal.
That is the problem. Why isn't there a DVI signal? Do I need to reboot the system when going from DVI with a VGA adapter, to actually using DVI? It seems weird that it would require a reboot, I would think it would already be using DVI, and wouldn't know the difference between an actual DVI monitor, and using a DVI to VGA adapter, but maybe the adapter somehow tells the VCard to use analog instead somehow, and isn't actually an adapter?
I know it sounds silly, but I just don't restart my computer much, and if I ever do, I'm probably not in the mood for reaching back there and rerouting wires. If it isn't a reboot that I need, what else is there? It sounds funny, but I have never used anything but VGA.
Thanks!
