I wondered if anybody could help me with the following problem.
I have 2 monitors, one 2001FP and one P991, which are recently connected to my ATI Radeon 9600 Pro card. (The 2001FP on the DVI-D connector and the P991 on the D-sub connector)
When I boot my Dimension 8100 (or restart it), I have visuals on both screens until the Windows XP Pro logon screen comes. Then the 2001FP screen remains black and on the P991 (secondary screen) I get visual. If I turn the 2001FP off and on again I do get visual and I see the logon screen. I find this pretty irritating and I would like to get rid of this problem.
I just bought my 2001FP about a two weeks ago. Have it hooked up via DVI w my Radeon 9800XP and have the same prob. Boots up fine, shows DOS spam, but remains blank after Windows start up--if I shut the monitor off and on, it clears the problem and the Windows blue logon screen appears. Running Windows XP Pro.
The good news is that I can work around the problem (shutting it on and off). The bad news is that it's annoying to have spent so much money on monitor/card and have to use a hack =P
Suggestions? (yes, monitor driver and video drivers are latest versions; all xp updates have been applied)
Message Edited by TheGavilan on 02-29-2004 07:24 AM
"The fix involves updating the affected PC's drivers and resetting the monitor's EDID, or extended display identification data, which contains the settings for the monitor. When the EDID is corrupted by the driver mismatch, it can cause a display not to work, according to Dell"
"Customers who update their PC's drivers only may continue to experience the problem until they also reset the EDID.
The problem can be tackled in a few ways, according to Fad. First, to get the display to work, people can switch their desktop to an analog interface using the analog video cable supplied with the monitor. Then they must update their drivers and reset the EDID. "
Been a few months and I'm still having the problem. I ended up calling Dell Support about a few days after my initial post. Spent about 30 mins troubleshooting w the service rep (that's after the 1 1/2 hrs on hold, btw); no dice. He suggested I send the monitor in for replacement/service.
I didn't follow his suggestion and decided to live w it--fueled by the dread of getting a new/rebuilt monitor w dead pixels (I have 0 on this one).
If there's a programmatic fix for this, I'd love to get in on it as well. I have a Radeon 9800 XTPro. Using it in my P4-- ASUS P4T533-C, 2.66 GHz, 1.25GB RDRAM PC 1066, Creative SB Audigy; running WinXT Pro. Thanks.
Message Edited by TheGavilan on 06-19-2004 01:04 PM
Message Edited by TheGavilan on 06-19-2004 01:05 PM
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Posted June 17th, 2004 10:00
HTWingnut,
Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.
What video card do you have installed in your system?
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