If your new card only has DVI-I connectors then DVI-I to VGA dongles should
have come with it or are at least available for it since the following spec
says your card does support VGA out Check your card user's manual for
details
http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/...986#openLarger
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"ron" <ron@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:93336FD4-C85F-4A2F-B68C-8B7E026AE799@xxxxxx
Quote:
> It wasn't until i went to a DVI cable that i saw this problem. the new
> video
> card only has dvi jacks so when i used this monitor on my old pc using a
> vga
> cable it worked fine. i tried different cables also with no luck. the
> reason
> i'm trying to nail down the source of the problem is because trying
> differnt
> things gets expensive. i do appreciate your help. i had the same thoughts
> about this monitor also. i want to be able to go back to them with
> something
> definitive.
>
> thanks again
>
> "ron" wrote:
> Quote:
>> I have a Viewsonic LCD monitor. i just put a new pc together with an
>> XFXForce
>> 8600GT video card. The problem is when i boot the pc i see the bios
>> screen
>> fine. it's not until i see 'Micrsoft Corporation' and am about to see the
>> status bar going back and forth that the screen goes blank and i then see
>> 'No
>> sginal'. I'm connected using a DVI-I cable. If i unplug the cable from
>> either
>> the card or monitor and plug it back in i then get video. I sent the
>> monitor
>> to Viewsonic which they said they fixed a problem. hmmm anyway i'm still
>> seeing this proble. If i use a VGA cable with a DVI adapter i won't have
>> this
>> problem. While the LCD monitor was away i used an old CRT monitor with a
>> VGA
>> cable and had no problem.
>>
>> Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated. This is driving me nuts.