2005FPW and DVI

Question

Hi, I've just got my new Dimension 9150 with 2005FPW on 256MB Hypermemory ATI Radeon X600. I have my monitor connected via DVI cable. When booting up, I always get a message 'Cannot play DVI-D'. Further, the monitor seems to work OK. In the video card menu it is also mentioned as digital LCD. Why does this message pop up? Another question, maybe stupid but I am dealing with LCD for the first time. When connected via DVI, I cannot adjust brigthess and contrast via the buttons on the monitor. Instead, I can do it only via the video card menu controls. Also I cannot assign hot keys to the brightness and contrast controls, since the 'hot key' button is deactivsted. Is this normal? If not, might it be somehow related to my question above, meaning that DVI works not correctly?

chulett · Answer

Can you check on the exact message you get? "Cannot play DVI-D" is probably close, but I'd be curious if that's the exact message you get. And when during bootup do you get it? For example, before or after Windows loads? What's in the background when it displays?

When connected via DVI, you should be able to adjust Brightness but not Contrast from the OSD. Perhaps the two issues are related... let's see if we can figure out what the first one is before we tackle the second - unless someone else out there has an idea on that.

RedKat · Answer

Craig,

Thanks for the reply. You are right, I can adjust brigthness via OSD in a sence that it is allows me to; but I do not see much difference between 100 and 0.
As for the exact bootup message, I will tell you later as soon as I get home

chulett · Answer

Ok, then from a brightness standpoint what you are seeing is normal. Most people (including myself) set the brightness in the OSD to zero, as anything else is way too bright and do the 'real' adjustments from the video card / monitor Display properties.

RedKat · Answer

Here we go

After the Windows XP loading screen where these blue blocks running and right before the login screen the monitor turns black and the message in the center appears in white:

" 2: DVI-D

Cannot display this mode"

This is exactly how it looks

chulett · Answer

Ok... then what happens? What do you need to do so that it can display something? Anything special?

Does your video card support the native resolution of the monitor - 1680x1050? Curious if everything is listed fine under Display Properties, like the name of the monitor and video card are correct, and what resolution / color depth you are running your desktop at.

RedKat · Answer

Nothing. I should do nothing. After this message the login screen appears and everything seems to work fine. I run the native resolution 1680 x 1050 x 32 and everything seems to work fine. But I still wonder why this message pops up

chulett · Answer

Odd. I did manage to find someone with a very similar problem:

http://hardware.mcse.ms/archive14-2005-6-191070.html

Found someone else that 'fixed' the issue by switching to analog rather than DVI input. Or this with another monitor:

http://www.hwkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/pc-dell/5166/1704FPT-Error-Message-At-Startup

Not sure if any of that really helps. For grins, you might want to see if there is an updated BIOS available for your system.

RedKat · Answer

Craig,

Thanks a lot for the links. Indeed, the problems there look very similar to mine. The oddest thing is that the problem has now disappeared itself. I have not changed anything but the message does not pop up anymore.
Another problem is that the system does not remember the Brightness and Contrast settings of my videocard so I have to re-adjust it each time after booting and logging in. But I think it has something to do with McAfee security center because after logging in it starts OK with the last session setting but after McAfee's been loaded it goes back to the default setting and becomes too bright again. I am going to do clean and accurate re-install of the video drivers and hope it helps
Thanks for the help!

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