Total Enigma Dell monitor issue!

sticker

Hi all,

I have a 20" Dell Monitor for the past few years. The power button failed on it, but Dell stood by their warranty and overnighted a replacement. The latest generation mobel is this one (this is the monitor I received)

http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=ie&l=en&s=dhs&cs=iedhs1&sku=151077

After a few minutes of usage, the monitor just went blank, the green power light and lights on the front on the menu stayed ON. The screen was just totally unresponsive. I tried a different cable - one for DVI-D & one for VGA. No change. Tried a different power cable also - no change. After the same issue occured on my second PC, I was comoftable contacting Dell that a defective unit was sent to me. They obliegied and sent ANOTHER.

Yes, you guessed it - Same issue with #2 brand new monitor! So now I'm thinking "it must be me!" - I have upgraded my nVidia Display Drivers also - same error occuring. Any ideas?!!

I can obviously contact Dell again, but wanted to see if I missed any possbile issues! It's a plug and play monitor so there should be no setup required!


My Spec:

CPU Type
QuadCore Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700, 2666 MHz (10 x 267)

Motherboard Name
EVGA NF68 (2 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 3 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)

Motherboard Chipset
nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI

System Memory
2304 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)

DIMM1: OCZ Reaper HPC OCZ2RPR10662G
2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 400 MHz) (4-5-5-13 @ 333 MHz) (3-4-4-10 @ 266 MHz) DIMM2: OCZ Reaper HPC OCZ2RPR10662G
2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 400 MHz) (4-5-5-13 @ 333 MHz) (3-4-4-10 @ 266 MHz)

BIOS Type
Award (09/04/08)

Thanks in adavance!

ricman

try f8 safe mode . if that does,nt work try a linux livecd.

sticker

ricman wrote: »

try f8 safe mode . if that does,nt work try a linux livecd.

I've never used a linux livecd - how might this resolve my issue?

ricman

COS linux ,eg mint livecd has drivers , vga, for all monitors built in ,maybe theres malware, or a file missing on your windows installation.i used ubuntu, or mint linux on 5 pcs and 3 laptops and it never failed to pick up ,detect any monitor or any other device.
i was fixing a pc, a virus wiped out just the driver files for the ps2 keyboard ,therefore keyboard did not work.

sticker

Thanks,

There's been a change - Since I updated the video card software and I haven't experienced a fault since.

Fingers crossed! I wil post back any issues. Thanks for the feedback