Get it up in a VGA setup, or F8 and boot in VGA mode with the VGA cable. Now install the driver cd or download it for the proper monitor driver from that you have or got from Dell, plug-n-play monitors start in Analog with those drivers defaulted. This will give the plug-n-play monitor DVI drivers. Then change the resolution to what you want it set as and you should now see, after right clicking desktop and seeing the graphics properties listing as "monitor type-digital" not actually typed that way, for example "2007WFP-digital". Now shutdown and reconnect the DVI interface cable and bootup normally. It should now be in range and accept the DVI interface connection. If the Digital monitor is not displayed in the desktop properties or in Display settings then update the plug-n-play drivers through device manager with the cd or downloaded drivers.

Probably a stupid question that you've already tried, but I had this problem with my 20". 

Have you tried changing the input selector on the monitor to use the digital input instead of the analog?

You know that is a probability that usually gets looked over too. Try it.

Thank you very much for your input. Even though i installed the drivers from the CD it is only installing the 1907 FP analog i am not able to install the the digital one.

Alrighty.. So you got the 19 inch.. Use this as my back-up monitor

 

So anyway I've had the same issues with the 19 inch - press the the button all the way left of the power button... Stated earlier in the posts - this worked for me because for some reason the properties never displayed the "digital" unless I selected option 2 (dig setting) on the display.. Hope that helps and makes sense - coffee hasn't kicked in yet!  

Thank you!

 tried all the things suggested. After speaking to Tech support, he was suggesting it may the wrong type of Cable. Which cable do ineed. My Video card has dual DVI-I outputs. My Monitor has one VGA and one DVI-D connectors.

 

System Deatails

XPS 410

Core 2Duo 2.66

320 Gb hard disk

2gb RAM

1907 FP monitor

Nvidia GX2 dual GPU 1 gb Graphics card

single Tv tuner

Creative PCI X-Fi audio

 

Any help is appreciated

DVI straight to DVI. Please for all that is logical. Say it ain't so, say it ain't so. Make sure you take out the vga adaptor.

Could this be true... You used the blue VGA cable vua DVI digital??? Well okay - anyway DVI is the white blocked cable = has a little star type pin system...

i mean used

 

Sorry! no i esed the DVI to VGA adopter that came with it.

Hi!

 

Thank you very much for your help. It was the port on thr monitor. I got the new one today, connected it no problem.

Now i think i will upgrade the video drivers.

 

Bye