Possible for a vid card to damage dvi input??

Torx · 03-26-2007, 03:25 AM

I was given a geforce 6600 256mb agp card to play with, i cleaned it up, greased the fan, and reseated the hs/f with some new thermal grease.

Plugged it in, attached my widescreen via dvi, and i get "no input" and it stays black. Attached the lcd via vga, everythings fine.

plug in my ati 9800 pro, via dvi and "no input" error
attach monitor via vga and everythings fine.

Is it possible the nvidia card damaged my monitors dvi input? Becuase i had the 9800 and monitor connected via dvi and everything has been fine..
Ive got a warranty with compusa on this monitor but the fucked up part is.. theres none in memphis, what should i do?

MSP · 03-26-2007, 06:17 AM

I think so, yes. I was reading about connecting to an HD TV with a PC and they warned about using the wrong refresh rate, and how it could damage the television. Have you tried plugging the old ATI back in to see if that works?

Torx · 03-26-2007, 10:16 AM

no i wasnt connecting my tv. this is my pc monitor im talking about
but yea i know about the warnings dealing with connecting to tv..

Miller · 03-26-2007, 03:30 PM

when i first got my monitor i had issues with it not working in dvi. i just played around with it for a while and eventually it worked. idk what i did or if its even related.

j0k3r · 03-26-2007, 03:57 PM

Are you rebooting after you plug the DVI cable in? If a digital connection is not connected at boot, it often will not send anything out to the dvi port until you restart.

ThatHideousStrength · 03-26-2007, 04:17 PM

There is also a setting on the monitor in the menu options that asks if you want to switch between DVI and VGA. Have you checked that?

Torx · 03-26-2007, 08:16 PM

yep did both of those... and rebooted.

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Miller Former Alcoholic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Gym Posts: 4,938 (#8 ) My photos: 32 Thanked 1x in one post	when i first got my monitor i had issues with it not working in dvi. i just played around with it for a while and eventually it worked. idk what i did or if its even related.
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03-26-2007, 03:25 AM	permanent link to #1
Torx Indigenous Nudist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Memphis Posts: 8,528 (#3 ) My photos: 48 Thanked 17x in 12 posts	I was given a geforce 6600 256mb agp card to play with, i cleaned it up, greased the fan, and reseated the hs/f with some new thermal grease. Plugged it in, attached my widescreen via dvi, and i get "no input" and it stays black. Attached the lcd via vga, everythings fine. plug in my ati 9800 pro, via dvi and "no input" error attach monitor via vga and everythings fine. Is it possible the nvidia card damaged my monitors dvi input? Becuase i had the 9800 and monitor connected via dvi and everything has been fine.. Ive got a warranty with compusa on this monitor but the fucked up part is.. theres none in memphis, what should i do?

03-26-2007, 06:17 AM	permanent link to #2
MSP Globe Trekker Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,664 (#1 ) My photos: 127 Thanked 10x in 10 posts	I think so, yes. I was reading about connecting to an HD TV with a PC and they warned about using the wrong refresh rate, and how it could damage the television. Have you tried plugging the old ATI back in to see if that works?

03-26-2007, 10:16 AM	permanent link to #3
Torx Indigenous Nudist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Memphis Posts: 8,528 (#3 ) My photos: 48 Thanked 17x in 12 posts	no i wasnt connecting my tv. this is my pc monitor im talking about but yea i know about the warnings dealing with connecting to tv..

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j0k3r El Chupacabra Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix Posts: 2,013 (#49 ) My photos: 50 Thanked 16x in 9 posts	Are you rebooting after you plug the DVI cable in? If a digital connection is not connected at boot, it often will not send anything out to the dvi port until you restart.

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ThatHideousStrength Tweak Minion Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,515 (#12 ) My photos: 0 Thanked 5x in 4 posts	There is also a setting on the monitor in the menu options that asks if you want to switch between DVI and VGA. Have you checked that?

03-26-2007, 08:16 PM	permanent link to #7
Torx Indigenous Nudist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Memphis Posts: 8,528 (#3 ) My photos: 48 Thanked 17x in 12 posts	yep did both of those... and rebooted.

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