my montior hates my PS3 :(

[shaffaaf27]

so i have an 80GB PS3 and a Dell S2409W Monitor which have been connected via hdmi for 8 months.

but now i turn it on and its black.

i have turned it on by holding it down, by resetting the display settings, i have formatted the HDD and done the master reset on the PS3 to no avail, but all i get it a blakc screen.

if i jiggle the hdmi (at the back of the PS3) it shows red dots. i have tried a different HDMi cable to no avail, i have used both HDMI cables with my PC to this monitor and it works.

so i assume its the PS3, but i went to my aunts, and she has a sony 42" bravia which can do 720p/1080i max.

SO i thought why not connect it up. i did and it worked instantly, BUT i connected it back to my monitor and nothing

WTF can i do?!

[Terbinator]

Does the monitor support 720p/1080p exactly becuase if not i dont think the PS3 will support it, find it strange though if its been working for 8 months prior This is the one fear i have about buying a new monirot to use my PS3 on is that it doesnt support the 16:10 resoltions like 360

[shaffaaf27]

eyah it does, the monitor's res is 1920x1080, and not 1920x1200, i made sure i got the correct one, 16:9.

its so odd. been workign since january and then out of the blue (black?) it stops.

[Terbinator]

eyah it does, the monitor's res is 1920x1080, and not 1920x1200, i made sure i got the correct one, 16:9.

its so odd. been workign since january and then out of the blue (black?) it stops.

Tbh with you i really have no idea, is there anyway of setting the monitor back to defualt settings and see if that works? And maybe sjut check all the cables are connected! Even us techies become unstuck by that sometimes (mega embarassment)

[shaffaaf27]

lol checked everything.

ill give dell a call in the morning and see what they say.

[shaffaaf27]

problem solved..... powercycled the monitor and it now works..... ODD!

[Cozwin]

haha congrats on making it work, i had a problem with hdmi with my ps3 for ages, then realised you had to change the sound down to 2 channel as its set up for surround sound hahah.