Hello all, Recently bought a dell U2415 with 1920 x 1200 res. The monitor via HDMI port is not working. No signal. Any one have this issue?
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i haven't personally had this problem but i would suggest troubleshooting each component. try a different video card and a different board. ram can also cause this problem. make sure you have the correct ram on the board and that its seated well.
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Replace the DisplayPort cable, it sucks.Buy another, much thicker one,one that's rated for 2160 x 3840 pixels, 60 Hz, IPS, DisplayPort 1.2 . Seriously.With a bad/poor cable, like the one that comeswith the $700 Dell UltraSharp UP2414Q,you might be forced into 29 Hz, low-res mode...and/or the cable will just plain break, causing garbage to appear on the screen.It's worse if you swing it portrait, and/or move it around a lot.The original cable had bent pins and the like... really bad.Why did Dell give me such a -crappy- cable ? ?Dell's cable is half the thickness of the $9 one I boughtto replace it ( same day shipping, from/to Seattle, Amazon ). Replace the DisplayPort cable, it sucks.Buy another, much thicker one,one that's rated for 2160 x 3840 pixels, 60 Hz, IPS, DisplayPort 1.2 . Seriously.With a bad/poor cable, like the one that comeswith the $700 Dell UltraSharp UP2414Q,you might be forced into 29 Hz, low-res mode...and/or the cable will just plain break, causing garbage to appear on the screen.It's worse if you swing it portrait, and/or move it around a lot.The original cable had bent pins and the like... really bad.Why did Dell give me... » Read More Replace the DisplayPort cable, it sucks.Buy another, much thicker one,one that's rated for 2160 x 3840 pixels, 60 Hz, IPS, DisplayPort 1.2 . Seriously.With a bad/poor cable, like the one that comeswith the $700 Dell UltraSharp UP2414Q,you might be forced into 29 Hz, low-res mode...and/or the cable will just plain break, causing garbage to appear on the screen.It's worse if you swing it portrait, and/or move it around a lot.The original cable had bent pins and the like... really bad.Why did Dell give me such a -crappy- cable ? ?Dell's cable is half the thickness of the $9 one I boughtto replace it ( same day shipping, from/to Seattle, Amazon ). « Show Less
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My choice of connection was to use the hdmi port between the nvidia card and the monitor. There was some confusion as the monitor was looking at hmdi input 1 and I was connected to input 2. that was quickly solved by moving cable to hmdi 1. I would suggest clearly identifying the location of the input port and guide the monitor through its set-up menu to that port. Good luck... Paul
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Agreed! We like out Dell as well! We use ours very portable and have not tried hooking it up to an external monitor. However, have you tried going to "Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display\Screen Resolution" and adjusted the resolution settings? I've often used this at work to use various laptops with various viewing hardware in conference rooms including old 36" tube TV's and have generally found a resolution that works from the controls of the laptop operating system. Windows 7 has 15 different resolution settings. Older version do not have that many if I remember correctly. Anyway, good luck and I hope you find a solution. Agreed! We like out Dell as well! We use ours very portable and have not tried hooking it up to an external monitor. However, have you tried going to "Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display\Screen Resolution" and adjusted the resolution settings? I've often used this at work to use various laptops with various viewing hardware in conference rooms including old 36" tube TV's and have generally found a resolution that works from the controls of the laptop operating system. Windows 7 has 15 different resolution settings. Older version do not have that many if I... » Read More Agreed! We like out Dell as well! We use ours very portable and have not tried hooking it up to an external monitor. However, have you tried going to "Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display\Screen Resolution" and adjusted the resolution settings? I've often used this at work to use various laptops with various viewing hardware in conference rooms including old 36" tube TV's and have generally found a resolution that works from the controls of the laptop operating system. Windows 7 has 15 different resolution settings. Older version do not have that many if I remember correctly. Anyway, good luck and I hope you find a solution. « Show Less
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I used a DisplayPort to a DVI-D cord. Unfortunately, the HDMI only works out, not in. However, the screen resolution is still nice and sharp.
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For anyone interested, the HDMI output can be connected to a standard (white) DVI (digital video) cable by using a simple adapter (HDMI male x DVI female costing about $3.50 from China on eBay, $35 at Radio Shack) to use a digital monitor without having a normal digital video port on the computer or an HDMI input on the monitor. The video quality is true digital and better than VGA. I'm using dual digital monitors (neither had HDMI connectors, just VGA and DVI) on a different DELL with only choice of one each digital, HDMI or Dell Universal Display Port (DP) on the computer. One monitor is on the digital port and another with a simple plug adapter on the HDMI port. I've read there is also an adapter available to connect a regular digital (DVI) cable to the Dell proprietary Display Port on the computer.
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I was only able to get the max resolution, via a display port cable. I have tried 2 different dual link dvi cables, but they never went above 1920x1080.
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Hi....I just checked and do not see any HDMI or other output for this unit. As a side note...the monitor included has a beautiful picture although it's just a 20.
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No HDMI cable in my box, just DisplayPort and DVI. I used my own HDMI cable with an HP laptop and have it working fine at 2560x1440. HDMI is not limited to 1080 as one reply states.
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So sorry... my bad - the Dell does have a HDMI port and I use it for my HD mointor. I looked at the wrong PC.
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Sorry, another dumb question: How do you check if your graphics card can support the native resolution of the monitor? I have a Dell with NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200.
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Thanks so much for your response. I'll go ahead and bust it out of the package and try it out. Trying to connect an extra monitor!! Lee
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I can confirm problems with DVI cables received with 2 of these monitors. Luckily, I had ordered some longer DVI Dual Link cables which got me up and running. The worst part of receiving the insufficient cables was that Windows sensed the monitors max resolution, but only produced a black screen (making it appear there was an issue with the video card).
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I haven't seen that, I'm not sure why. Maybe due to the fact that many laptops nowadays have HDMI or DisplayPort. You could just get an adapter for your VGA or DVI, whichever you've got. Good chance you wont be able to get 1080 from it though. There are a lot of USB to HDMI external adapters, that might be the simplest solution for you.
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Unfortunately, the HDMI is only for output. Additional specs are also available here: http://www.qvc.com/Dell-Alienware-17---Intel-Core-i7,-8GB-RAM,-750GB-HD,-Webca.product.E271360.html
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I have not had that problem, mine has worked fine but is used for more of a TV, look in the settings, there may be a power setting in the menu on the monitor, otherwise turn off the computer and monitor and make sure the DVI connection is good on both sides and try again.Try a different DVI cable as well, as the other commenter recommended.
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I think it did come with a high end dvi so you can get 1600 pixels. The 1600 pixels only comes in on the dvi according to the Dell manual. The HDMI only goes up to 1200 pixels. That may change on new models perhaps because I am pretty sure that HDMI is 1600p capable. I know some of the new TVs have a higher resolution than this monitor too by the way, and they use HDMI I would presume.