Hello everyone, I had a friend build me a computer last summer and he had an older DVI input monitor for me to use. It worked for the first few sessions but then I began having issues getting the display to work. At the time I had received it for free so I didn't care I wanted to switch to HDMI anyways so I just bought a 26" vizio TV that I have been using. I started a new job recently and upgraded my RAM from 4-12 to handle the Photoshop documents I make, but now I would like to connect two monitors for the first time and would prefer not to buy a new one.
The monitor I have is a Princeton model Vl2018W. It has an LCD display and like i said before a DVI connection (There is no hdmi port, it was manufactured in 2006). My computer is reading the monitor and I can even drag items over to it's screen, but nothing displays. I have tried changing the resolution and it changed nothing. What is really weird to me is that When the computer boots the monitor displays the boot up screens just fine, no issues. When it comes to the login screen, it flashes the screen for a second, shows some preset numbers and then goes black. It won't display images but I know it works because it shows everything during a boot.
I included some pictures below of what it shows, If anybody knows a fix please let me know I am not very tech savvy and I am hoping it is a very dumb fix I am just missing haha. I hope that is enough info, thank you to anybody who gives feedback!
The first image I attached is the off display
2nd: Then the background will then flash for less then a second (I had to take screenshots of a video to get these caps it happens so fast)
3rd: Then the image cuts out, shows this preset image for a split second before going black. The blue light on the monitor indicating its running is still on as well.
4th: This is a closeup of the preset display.
I also attached a video of what happens
Thank you anybody who replies!
The monitor I have is a Princeton model Vl2018W. It has an LCD display and like i said before a DVI connection (There is no hdmi port, it was manufactured in 2006). My computer is reading the monitor and I can even drag items over to it's screen, but nothing displays. I have tried changing the resolution and it changed nothing. What is really weird to me is that When the computer boots the monitor displays the boot up screens just fine, no issues. When it comes to the login screen, it flashes the screen for a second, shows some preset numbers and then goes black. It won't display images but I know it works because it shows everything during a boot.
I included some pictures below of what it shows, If anybody knows a fix please let me know I am not very tech savvy and I am hoping it is a very dumb fix I am just missing haha. I hope that is enough info, thank you to anybody who gives feedback!
The first image I attached is the off display
2nd: Then the background will then flash for less then a second (I had to take screenshots of a video to get these caps it happens so fast)
3rd: Then the image cuts out, shows this preset image for a split second before going black. The blue light on the monitor indicating its running is still on as well.
4th: This is a closeup of the preset display.
I also attached a video of what happens
Thank you anybody who replies!