Cant get DVI to work

[raftan]

Hi,
I have a Hyundai Imagequest L72d running from a giga-byte GV-N66T128D 6600gt on an xp sp2 machine. The monitor has both VGA and DVI inputs, the card has the same outputs. I cant get the monitor to work or even post using the DVI cable. I have tried just using the DVI cable and currently have both cables attached.
In display properties I only see "monitor 1" in the advanced TAB. Nothing in Nview seems to effect windows recognising the second output.
I have tried using both the drivers of the CD (analoug and digital) this does not work. The hyundai website does not show my model for me to get later monitor drivers.
I am using Nforce 5.10 on my asus k8n bios 1009. I am using 81.85 forceware.

your thoughts and experiences plz

 

[Jiggz]

It is not unusual for some LCD's DVI input to be inoperative. Your best bet is to try the video card on a different lcd with DVI input. If it works on different lcd dvi, then the ImageQuest has a problem.

 

[Bozo Galora]

according to this:
http://computing.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/ps_13731295/114401.html
The max refresh is 75
the max res is 1280X 1024
16M colors
Do not set higher any of these 3 with the OSD, or in display settings
Connections are DVI-D (DIGITAL ONLY - not DVI_I) and vga
I would not hook up both analogue and digital
Every monitor comes with a CD that has the monitor .inf file
When you click it should say Hyundai etc in windows settings tab and in Nvidia monitor tab, also in device manager
You can hit "change" monitor to allow pointing to .inf file for loading hyundai info to system
Just stick it in a folder called LCD so you can do it manually
If it still doesnt show in nvidia monitor tab, after reboot, you can go to nvidia troubleshooting tab and hit "detect displays"

Edit: I assume you can at least use the monitor with analogue cable by itself.
If you really want to test the monitor, if you can just scrape up an old $10 PCI VGA card (like a SIS) - this will make anything work.(with nvidia card out)
If your bios has the option use boot VGA first (not agp)
And I know this may sound unnecessary, but you did plug the monitor in fully?

 

[raftan]

Thanks Bozo and Jiggs.
I dont have access to another monitor with dvi input. Im not able to get hold of another card easily either. Yes the pannel works fine with analogue. My refresh rate is set to 60 and rez to 1024 768 (ive tried them all) but as the monitor doesnt post at all with only the dvi cable windows settings wont affect this.
Im thinking its windows or nview. I dont have a "detect displays" anywhere in nview that i can find. I do rememberonce having 2 displays in display properties-advanced. one greyd out and numbered one and 2. Now i just see one monitor and have nooption to choose another. I have tried rolling back nview but it crashes when I try.
thanks for your time

 

[raftan]

sorry to bump

 

[GamerExpress]

Try a hammer and Vice Grips, that worked for me in so many applications.

 

[Jiggz]

If you think this is a driver problem, might as well uninstall the old drivers and do a re-install. If the problem persists, then you know it's hardware problem.

 

[raftan]

Thanks Jiggz.
I finally managed to role back to Nvidia display drivers 77.72. I now have 2 displays showing in display properties/advanced but am back to the situation that i cant get the dvi input on my panel(or output form the 6600gt) to work.

I have both cables, analogue/dvi atached to my Hyundai L72d. I have installed correctly the corresponding monitor driver for each display as there is an analogu and digital version of the driver but still when i go to input select on my monitor and try the DVI channel it goes blank. Any clues as to where I should be looking?

Oh and I dont have another dvi monitor or another pc with a dvi out unfortunatly. thank you for your time