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Video monitor incompatibility?
I have two nice Samsung Syncmaster monitors, a 19" and a 17". Both support analog (VGA) and digital (DVI) connections. The 17" works with my new HP Pavilion 'HPE-180t' desktop system (VGA and DVI), but the 19" only works with a VGA connection; connecting via DVI gives the Samsung error message "video mode not supported."
The Pavilion system has an ATI Radeon 4650 card, with DVI, VGA and HDMI outputs. I have set it to 1280 x 1024 resolution, which is the highest resolution supported by the monitors.
The 19" monitor works great via either a DVI or VGA connection with my old PC (a 6-yr old Pavilion).
HP Support says that maybe my 19" monitor is not supported by Windows 7. I don't know what the O.S. has to do with it - isn't this a problem between the signal being put out by the ATI video card and the monitor?
Are other people having problems with new Windows 7 systems not working with older monitors?
Isn't "DVI" a STANDARD?