DVI-I Monitor

[GoldenRust]

I'm using a Geforce 8500GT, it has a VGA port and a DVI-I port.
My OS is vista home premium 32bit.

I have a VGA monitor (my first monitor)
I have a second monitor that has a DVI-I port and a VGA port.

When I try to use my second monitor via enabling extended desktop in the windows dialogue box, the screen remains blank. I can move my mouse over to the screen though, although I cannot see it.

If I look at the NVIDIA control panel it says that the second monitor is using a VGA connection, when in fact I want it to sue a DVI connection (It's connected using a DVI-I dual link cable.)

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I've tried only using the second monitor as my primary monitor, I can see the screen when the bois loads up (there's DVI written text on the screen) but as it gets to the windows login screen, it goes blank and says no signal.



How do I fix this?

 

[Patonb]

This may sound dumb, but are you sure you ar properly connected?

Have you tried just the dvi monitor? Have yoj tried it in vga mode?

The Dvi -> blank means the monitors powered, but not recognized by the computer.

 

[GoldenRust]

It's not dumb, considering some people out there ¬_¬
Yes it is connected properly.

May I refer you to my first post "I've tried only using the second monitor as my primary monitor, I can see the screen when the bois loads up (there's DVI written text on the screen) but as it gets to the windows login screen, it goes blank and says no signal. "

Yes, the screen is working properly using DVI only until it hits to windows login, then goes to no signal. (My thoughts are that vista is forcing a VGA connection)

When I use this monitor using a VGA cable it works fine. and D-Sub appears as text.

 

[wither 3]

Re: DVI Monitor No Signal Upon Login.

I don't know what your monitor is or what controls it has. My monitor has a menu for specifying the "input". You could check that.

 

[wither 3]

Check the monitor menu to see if it has an option for selecting the "input".

 

[GoldenRust]

Re: DVI Monitor No Signal Upon Login.

It's quite old. It's a GNR TS702MD

It auto detects the input. In the menu option there's no way to select an input.

 

[GoldenRust]

It does not.

 

[Patonb]

Okay, i've ben thinking on this, and you know i had an issue like this before, but forgot.

I solved mine by using driversweeper or drivercleaner works too, and wiped the nvidia drivers, then reinstalled.

The key was the wiping of the drivers though, and not the reinstall.

 

[GoldenRust]

Okey, I'll try this and let you know how it goes =D

 

[GoldenRust]

It's still not working :<

I know that the issue is that NVIDIA is giving sending a VGA connection instead of a DVI one... But there's no option to change it :<

Is there anyway I can over-ride this?

If I sue the second monitor with the DVI cable in safemode it works fine. (When NVIDIA doesn't get to mess things up) so I thionk that's because windows uses a vga mode or soemthing? I don't know; I'm not very informed on this subject. Or is there a way that I can get the monitor to use the same settings it does when it's in safemode? Like some sort of vga mode but using a dvi cable? :s

 

[Patonb]

What driver are you using? Do the monitors need drivers?

Have you tried setting things up in the nvidia control panel?

Was there ever an ATI card in it?

 

[GoldenRust]

At the moment I'm using driver version 295.51
I have no idea if it does. I have searched for one, but everything I downloaded turned out to be a virus. The monitor in question has a VGA port, and whe I connect it using VGA it works fine.

I have. The NVIDIA control panel is why I think the issue is that NVIDIA is trying to use a vga instead of a DVI connection.

No. The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT has been the only graphics card in this pc.

 

[Patonb]

Here's the older drivers
Drivers - GeForce

 

[wither 3]

You could try this driver if you don't have it-

GNR pro TS702MD drivers

or this-

http://www.howtodrivers.com/model500770.html

 

[GoldenRust]

Here's the older drivers
Drivers - GeForce

Thank you, I'll try the ones that I haven't.

You could try this driver if you don't have it-

GNR pro TS702MD drivers

or this-

GNR TS702MD driver

It says that the drivers are up to date for my monitor. I wasn't even aware that my monitor had a driver. :s

 

[wither 3]

What I was hoping you would do is manually install the downloaded driver in the Monitor section of Device Manager. The graphics card driver is different.

 

[GoldenRust]

Sorry, I don't understand. "install the download driver in the monitor section of device manager" I do I install something in the device manager? I thought the device manager just listed devices and let your update the drivers? If this's what you mean, then yes, I've done that.

Question: Is a dvi monitor a plug 'n' play monitor? because it's listed as that....

 

[Patonb]

Yes its a plug n play. Sometimes though windows doesn't get it right.

Try installing the monitor "driver" from the display properties window. It may be windows is screwing up the correct frequency/resolution/whatever and the "driver" may fix that.

 

[wither 3]

When you click on Update Driver for the monitor driver in the device manager section, you will get two options. The second is to find a local driver on your hard drive. If you point it to the driver you downloaded, it will be installed. Obviously you have to unzip the downloaded file.

 

[GoldenRust]

I've tried that, still didn't work.

As I mentioned, the issue is that the nvidia control panel is telling me that it's trying to use a VGA connection, so I ordered a DVI to VGA converter and I'm just using a VGA cable with the adapter; it's working now.

Thank you anyway for the attempted help