SAMSUNG 215TW ISSUE

[RyanMicah]

Just a tiny problem:

Unless I turn my LCD monitor on before my computer boots it is unable to find and/or tune into my DVI from my evga 7800 GT CO graphics card. I'm running windows XP Pro X64 and I have my Xbox (original) hooked up using component video to the monitor as well (Halo2 looks awesome on a high res screen). I've tried hitting every button on the monitor and messing with some settings in the NVidia software. I can't run the Samsung software because it's not 64 bit compatible. I haven't tried Planet64 or whatever it is yet either. I'll be surprised at anyone with an outstanding solution but if anyone can offer my any ideas at all on how I might fix this I'd appreciate it. No reply is too dumb.

~Ry

 

[Hose]

Can you plug both the computer and monitor into a power bar and leave the monitor in the "on" position? Then when you turn on the power bar, then the computer the monitor will already be started.

 

[RyanMicah]

While that is one plausible solution, I really would prefer to not use power strips. For one, ALL of my stuff is plugged into the same one, I'm using a big table for all my comp stuff, that includes sound and subs, All In One printer, and two 64 bit comps. The power drain of having them all on is a pain, and sometimes I use only just one. Also, we have cats. At night when I'm not around they jump up on the table (bastards!) so I have the power button taped down so it's always on. What I really prefer to do is just to hit the button on my computer and on the screen...but if I forget to hit the screen button and come back I have to use the keyboard to reboot, or just hold in my power button (bad for comp). I just wondered why the monitor couldn't detect the input once I had the computer in windows. Kinda wierd huh?