From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: April 14, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: getting digital mode on the montor
>
> Leo,
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> I bought a Samsung LCD monitor for my Dell Dimension, but
> after adding a DVI cable I had a very hard time getting the
> nvidia graphics card to recognize that it should use digital
> instead of analog. Uninstalling and reinstalling the nvidia
> driver helped once, but after a month digital mode dropped
> out again. Any ideas? I've tried the monitor on another PC
> with the same cable and it worked fine. The refresh,
> resolution, and color settings are all at the recommended settings.
You might try power-cycling the monitor and rebooting the
PC. I've had similar problems with my setup (different card,
different monitors), and what I 'learned' is that the digital
interface to the monitors can - apparently - get confused.
"Rebooting" my monitor did the trick.
Thanks for asking,
Leo