Dell Studio Hybrid won't work with ViewSonic vx2235wm monitor (DVI)

[Jarod Wilson]

On Apr 14, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Ben Eisenbraun wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 08:39:32AM -0400, Greg Rundlett wrote:
>> I already own a ViewSonic vx2235wm 22" LCD (circa 2006) monitor  
>> (which
>> has DVI and VGA inputs).  If I connect the Dell to the ViewSonic  
>> using a
>> DVI cable there is no output to the monitor.  Nothing.  Because  
>> there is
>> no signal, the monitor light is amber rather than blue.
>
> I bet it's not the compuer; it's the monitor.
>
> I have a Viewsonic vx2025wm that exhibits similar symptoms.  Works  
> fine on
> VGA, works fine on DVI with my Macbook, but sits in power save/no  
> signal
> mode using DVI to an Nvidia card in my desktop.
>
> If you google for "dead dvi viewsonic" or "dell stuck dvi" and  
> you'll turn
> up a ton of hits.  Dell sold quite a few rebranded Viewsonics, and the
> stuck DVI was a regular issue on their support forums.   
> Unfortunately Dell
> took the forums down, but there are still posts out there about the  
> issue.
>
> I first saw the problem after plugging in a VGA cable to a second  
> machine
> while the DVI was connected to the desktop.  On the next reboot, the  
> DVI
> stopped working.  I can usually get it running again through some
> combination of plugging and unplugging the DVI/VGA cables with power
> ups/downs in the middle, but it's not reliable, and I've basically  
> resigned
> myself to using the VGA.

Oh, hrm... Now that you mention it... I have a ... hah! vx2025wm that  
does similar, and can also only be used via VGA. I have a second one  
that works fine via DVI. The first one, DVI *did* initially work, then  
I was dinking around with resolution changes or something, and it  
stopped working, hasn't ever worked since...

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Jarod Wilson
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