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Monitor not working with specific computer, why?

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by mallettk 1 view

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Hey TR Community,

I have a Dell Optiplex GX280 I believe and I can???t get it to display on a specific monitor. I don???t know the model of the monitor but it???s a dell widescreen monitor. I hooked up a different monitor to the computer and it worked fine. I saw it boot up fine to the OS. So I thought the monitor was bad until I hooked up the monitor to a laptop and it worked fine. Again I tried hooking up the Optiplex GX280 with the widescreen Dell monitor and it didn???t work. All I get one the screen is that the monitor is entering into power save mode. I tried switching sources as well VGA and DVI but no luck, still the same message on the screen. I???m not sure what???s going on, but some help would be GREATLY appreciated. Hopefully all this made sense???.lol

Thanks

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by kenone

that the PC is set to a resolution/mode that the monitor can't display.

by who am i really

same thought here

on the old CRT monitors they'd display a sort of screwed up screen when the res / refresh rates weren't supported

but on the newer flat panel Plasma, LCD, etc. screens
they just display black to avoid damaging the screen

by rayfoxxe

Switch to the working monitor then change your resolution to the standard 800x600 or if you want it to a bit larger, try 1024x768. Then if those resolutions works. Try switching to larger ones and find out which resolution your laptop and monitor are compatible with.

by oh smeg

Also lower the refresh rates to something like 65 MHZ not the 80 or higher that I think you'll find that it's set to. ;)

Col

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