Buying a faulty HP 30" monitor?

Lareon · 4 Dec 2013 at 21:57

i've got 2 dell 2407wfpb monitors both didnt work, got them for free, opened them up and the capacitors had gone in both on the power board, £8 later and 2 fully working monitors

Freddie1980 · 5 Dec 2013 at 13:46

sgoaty said:
Well HP werent much use but i bought a Monster HP DVI cable to try use instead of the cheapo tesco one and its now working perfectly!

So what made you decide to pay out for expensive Monster cables?

Lareon · 5 Dec 2013 at 15:10

Freddie1980 said:
So what made you decide to pay out for expensive Monster cables?

Reminds me of this

http://gizmodo.com/363154/audiophile-deathmatch-monster-cables-vs-a-coat-hanger

sgoaty · 5 Dec 2013 at 18:43

I spoke to a guy who was selling one on ebay and he said he had had trouble with cheap cables so i took a punt. It was less than £20 for an HP/Monster branded cable so not crazy expensive.

Caged · 5 Dec 2013 at 19:05

Were you using a single link cable before?

sgoaty · 5 Dec 2013 at 20:05

Caged said:
Were you using a single link cable before?

Nope it was a dvi-d cable.

With a single link the high resolution wasnt even selectable.

m_cozzy · 6 Dec 2013 at 10:52

A dvi-d dual link though? There is a difference, as I'm sure you are aware.
I have the same screen in front of me at work, we 'found' it

A few of the others messed with displayport to dvi, hdmi to dvi adaptors etc etc trying to get it to work on their laptops.
Once they were fed up of being unable to get anything above the resolution you describe, I purchased a usb powered dell bizlink displayport to duallink dvi adaptor for £25 and a duallink dvi cable from amazon for £5.
Plugged it all in thinking i was the dogs-pods to get the correct resolution but horrible ghosting screen

Just before it went in the bin I decided to try another of the monitors 3 dvi ports and to my great amazement the 2nd one worked!!
Hurray, I now look down on the peasants at work with their 24" screens!

sgoaty · 6 Dec 2013 at 11:09

m_cozzy said:
A dvi-d dual link though? There is a difference, as I'm sure you are aware.
I have the same screen in front of me at work, we 'found' it A few of the others messed with displayport to dvi, hdmi to dvi adaptors etc etc trying to get it to work on their laptops.
Once they were fed up of being unable to get anything above the resolution you describe, I purchased a usb powered dell bizlink displayport to duallink dvi adaptor for £25 and a duallink dvi cable from amazon for £5.
Plugged it all in thinking i was the dogs-pods to get the correct resolution but horrible ghosting screen
Just before it went in the bin I decided to try another of the monitors 3 dvi ports and to my great amazement the 2nd one worked!!
Hurray, I now look down on the peasants at work with their 24" screens!

Yep definately a dual link cable. Single link wouldnt let me select anything above 1280 x 800

bemaniac · 6 Dec 2013 at 11:16

so the hdmi on it is dead though? no 1080p console gaming?

sgoaty · 6 Dec 2013 at 11:59

bemaniac said:
so the hdmi on it is dead though? no 1080p console gaming?

The screen only has 3 dvi ports and supports either native resolution or exactly half that. It doesn't have an inbuilt scaler.

Caged · 6 Dec 2013 at 13:58

sgoaty said:
Yep definately a dual link cable. Single link wouldnt let me select anything above 1280 x 800

...but that's the problem you were having before you changed the cable. Have I missed something?

sgoaty · 6 Dec 2013 at 14:02

Yes With dual link I could select it but it just displayed a blank screen. With single link (or dual link in to the single link port on my GFX card) the slider only went up to 1280x800.
Still clear as mud?