okay wtf

[Ch4rL13]

This is driving me nuts.
I bought a dvi cable a while ago from Dx cuz my gpu had dvi outputs n my monitor had one too so i thought id go digital. Well when i got the cable i thought it was the wrong one because it didnt do anything when Ipluggd it in and it didnt look like it fit my card. well I just relized that it will work because the monitor has a dvi-d input and taht it what the cable is to, but the card has a dvi-i thing is though when I plug in the dvi cable all i get it my background, nothing else, just the backgreound, like no start menu are nothing. but then I can like plug in the vga cable with the adapter to my card and it works fine. WTF
Okay to make u understand better, the dvi-d cable is connected to the monitor and computer, however the vga is only connected to the computer, not the monitor, and when i unplug the vga it goes back to teh blank screeen saver. Also when i look at my monitor settings it ses it is in digital. So wtf, is it my drivers or what?

Thanks
Sorry for bad grammer or w/e i gotta go t bed/

[aquatsr]

Wow that's some trippy stuff...

As I understand it you have a DVI cable connecting your computer and monitor, the computer has DVI-I and the monitor has DVI-D. Now with this setup, all you see is the background.

Now when you connect a VGA cable to only the computer itself, everything works great, but when you unplug the VGA cable, it goes back to only the background.

Wow... that's a first for me. I'll think about it and get back to you if I come up with anything.

[Slim Hacker]

hmm have you tried setting it up cause some monitors dont like being just plugged in (learned that the heard way), also sorry if you did couldnt understand half of what you said...

[Tri-edge]

are you sure it's not acting as a second monitor or something?

[Ch4rL13]

are you sure it's not acting as a second monitor or something?

Ahh thats probably the best answer I heard, I thikn you are correct dude, hold on lemme go try and see if i can fix it now

[aquatsr]

Did it work? I'm not sure that's the issue but I wouldn't rule it out.

[Ch4rL13]

No, I didnt. I am sure that is the reason, I messed with the settings and nothing worked

[aquatsr]

What graphics board do you have?

[Ch4rL13]

What graphics board do you have?

XfX 9600 Gt Alpha Dog edition.
When I get my paycheck at the end of the month I am going to buy another monitor so I think will fix the problem indefinitely. My card is just, confused lol