DVI display corruption?

[NokiaDude]

I recently bought a cheap $20 DVI-I cable off Ebay, brand new. I got it today and plugged it into my Viewsonic VX910 which is driven by an Asus 6800 256mb video card. After I setup nview in the display panel to clone, I pressed the button to switch to the digital input on my moniotr. It switched over but the screen had lots of stuck pixels, red, blue, green. It was weird, so I switched over to analog input. No problem. WTF, is going on?

 

[firefaux]

Originally posted by: NokiaDude
I recently bought a cheap $20 DVI-I cable off Ebay

there's your answer.

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: firefaux

Originally posted by: NokiaDude
I recently bought a cheap $20 DVI-I cable off Ebay

there's your answer.

Yep. 'tis true.

 

[dhoytw]

Originally posted by: NokiaDude
I recently bought a cheap $20 DVI-I cable off Ebay, brand new. I got it today and plugged it into my Viewsonic VX910 which is driven by an Asus 6800 256mb video card. After I setup nview in the display panel to clone, I pressed the button to switch to the digital input on my moniotr. It switched over but the screen had lots of stuck pixels, red, blue, green. It was weird, so I switched over to analog input. No problem. WTF, is going on?

Yeeaaahhh EBay.....oh wait..........Nevermind.

 

[akugami]

The problem is not the price of the cable but the fact that you got a junk cable. Was it sealed in it's case or was it open? I know you said brand new but I noticed Ebayer's definition of brand new seems to differ from the norm at times. If it was unsealed it's very likely that guy knew it was defective.

 

[NokiaDude]

It was sealed in plastic. If looks like a good quality DVI cable, I don't see anything physically wrong with it.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

It's possible the DVI input to the display is NG. Have you tried a different cable, just to check?