OK, here is a synopsis of my friend's problem.
He has a Dell XPS (it's fairly old now) with a 128 MB GeForce FX 5200 and a brand new Dell 2005FPW LCD. Unfortunately, he cannot get the graphics card to output a DVI signal to the LCD.
I went over to his place last night to help solve this problem and tried everything I could think of. His monitor/cable work just fine, as I tested both with my machine using DVI. So there is either some problem with the card or the drivers. I installed the latest drivers 71.89, and played with every setting to no avail. I'd set the card to output on device 2 (DVI - digital), and still nothing. I cloned the desktop, still nothing on DVI. It always reverts to the analog connection. I am stumped. It absolutely refuses to output DVI to the LCD. I believe that I have narrowed it down to 1 of 2 possibilities: 1) the drivers aren't fully functional with this card/there are driver issues or 2) the GeForce FX 5200 DVI output hardware is faulty.
If you have any suggestions, comments, or need more info, please let me know. Thanks!
He has a Dell XPS (it's fairly old now) with a 128 MB GeForce FX 5200 and a brand new Dell 2005FPW LCD. Unfortunately, he cannot get the graphics card to output a DVI signal to the LCD.
I went over to his place last night to help solve this problem and tried everything I could think of. His monitor/cable work just fine, as I tested both with my machine using DVI. So there is either some problem with the card or the drivers. I installed the latest drivers 71.89, and played with every setting to no avail. I'd set the card to output on device 2 (DVI - digital), and still nothing. I cloned the desktop, still nothing on DVI. It always reverts to the analog connection. I am stumped. It absolutely refuses to output DVI to the LCD. I believe that I have narrowed it down to 1 of 2 possibilities: 1) the drivers aren't fully functional with this card/there are driver issues or 2) the GeForce FX 5200 DVI output hardware is faulty.
If you have any suggestions, comments, or need more info, please let me know. Thanks!