benq zowie

I bought a second hand Benq zowie xl2411 monitor and use a dual link cable dvi, my specs are intel core i7-3770, gtx 1060, 16gb ram, and every time I change it to 144hz my monitor becomes blurry and there is a text that says "incorrect cable dvi please use the dvi dual link cable that came with...

I bought this monitor November of last year, and it's worked pretty much perfectly up until this morning. The only issue I'd encountered before was the monitor fading to white a couple of times, and quickly resetting. It wasn't left on the night before, and last night was working as it always...