I had the same problem. My Dell 1703FP monitor would not even come on when the DVI cable was hooked up, but it worked fine with the Analog cable. I searched Dell's web site for hours, and found plenty of others with the same problem, but no solution posted. So, I called Dell's tech support. The person I got was VERY helpful. Here's what he told me to do.
Unplug the monitor's power cable for 10 sec, then plug back in. Press the middle of the 2 buttons on the lower right corner of the monitor. That switched it from "Analog" mode to "Digital" mode. So, that's what fixed my problem. VERY BAD documentation Dell, but VERY good tech support.
toolman3080
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March 7th, 2004 16:00
robnich
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March 7th, 2004 16:00
Did you push the Input Select button (the second one from the left, with the minus sign) on the front of the 1901FP?
Bob N.
Paul Fortune
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March 10th, 2004 14:00
Hi regarding your problem with dvi cable and monitor not booting i had same trouble and this worked.
plug in dvi cable re boot desk top and press
Hope this helps
bjmarler
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April 1st, 2004 19:00
I had the same problem. My Dell 1703FP monitor would not even come on when the DVI cable was hooked up, but it worked fine with the Analog cable. I searched Dell's web site for hours, and found plenty of others with the same problem, but no solution posted. So, I called Dell's tech support. The person I got was VERY helpful. Here's what he told me to do.
Unplug the monitor's power cable for 10 sec, then plug back in. Press the middle of the 2 buttons on the lower right corner of the monitor. That switched it from "Analog" mode to "Digital" mode. So, that's what fixed my problem. VERY BAD documentation Dell, but VERY good tech support.