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[Mr Skrunts]

Dell S2409 24" TFT Monitor 1920x1080

Bought one of the above on monday.  2 reasons.  i am upgrading  and having Sky HD installed after moving, butnot sure if they can complete the job due to cable lenth and trees.  So rather than invest in a new widescreen at considerable exspence I went for a widescreen format monitor.  I wanted to go for a highher res but decided on this in the end as it will serve many purposes.  One of the reasons being it has an HDMI input, for which will be used for Sky to install and test.  If all goes well then will revert to a PC monitor and coupled to 2 PC's for spread sheets and video viewing.

My card is a basic just a 256mb 7600Gt appearently the specs should more than cover the new screen res.

Installed Memory       256 MB

      DDR3 SDRAM
      128-bit
      256 MB (DDR3 SDRAM)

Form Factor       Plug-in card
Max. Screen Resolution        2048 x 1536
Special Features       SLI Multi GPU Ready • HDTV TV-out Support

The problem is I cant get the display to come on.

tried it on 15 pin D sub and 21 pin connectors., tried booting in various ways.

Got the escreen to work once as a 2nd screen, picked up on the correct settings of 1920x1080 @60htz but was flickering.  Couldnt change the res so I dropped it from 32 bit to 16 bit and the flickering stopped.  tried a spead sheet (Bloody inpressed)

Dis a reboot and not seen the screen light up since, even manually changing the inputs.  (Screen not dead as it still displays sreen saver and just says no computer in put)

Is there a trick to setting up wide screen resouloutions as this is my 1st ever attempt.

I obviously cant set the res to 1920x1080 on the old screen to reboot to the new screen,

So where am I going wrong, am amsuming user error at this point.

Or is it just trial and error till it boots and settles properly.  Will be trying it with an 8800GTX later when I dig it out.

TIA.

[tunnie]

you get nothing on the screen at-all?

You using DVI or VGA? Try another cable, the one supplied with my 22" Widescreen PC monitor was pants, i used my own

[KillerWatt]

Drop your current screen resolution to 800x600

Switch PC off

Connect new monitor

Let Windows do it's "new hardware found" trip and install the drivers for the new monitor

Once drivers are installed, crank the resolution up to what it should be (1920x1080) and set colour to 32bit.


PS
Don't be surprised if the standard "Plug & play monitor" drivers that Windows provides don't actually work, just install the drivers supplied with the monitor.


PPS
Don't worry if you lose the video display when cranking the resolution up, just wait 15 seconds and you'll be returned to the state you were at before.

[Mr Skrunts]

you get nothing on the screen at-all?

You using DVI or VGA? Try another cable, the one supplied with my 22" Widescreen PC monitor was pants, i used my own

Tried both, sadly the VGA is built in and cant be changed.

[Mr Skrunts]

Drop your current screen resolution to 800x600

Switch PC off

Connect new monitor

Let Windows do it's "new hardware found" trip and install the drivers for the new monitor

Once drivers are installed, crank the resolution up to what it should be (1920x1080) and set colour to 32bit.


PS
Don't be surprised if the standard "Plug & play monitor" drivers that Windows provides don't actually work, just install the drivers supplied with the monitor.


PPS
Don't worry if you lose the video display when cranking the resolution up, just wait 15 seconds and you'll be returned to the state you were at before.

Good idea, thats what I used todo before PnP came about.

many thanks will try it later.