02-29-2008, 08:01 PM
So I am trying to get my 2nd monitor up and running and borrow a DVI-D cable my daughter had connected to a Samsung monitor.
Plug in the cable and I can't get any signal from the computer. Stays on "self-test" forever. Swap out the DVI cable for a different one. Everything works fine.
Plug it into the wife's Viewsonic and it works fine.
Some monitors (in this case Dell 2405s) are sensitive to cable types.
It was a frustrating few minutes until I figured this out.
The cable in question was purchased from newegg. Looks like a good cable.
Anybody had this problem before?
Plug in the cable and I can't get any signal from the computer. Stays on "self-test" forever. Swap out the DVI cable for a different one. Everything works fine.
Plug it into the wife's Viewsonic and it works fine.
Some monitors (in this case Dell 2405s) are sensitive to cable types.
It was a frustrating few minutes until I figured this out.
The cable in question was purchased from newegg. Looks like a good cable.
Anybody had this problem before?