Driver I want to install the proper driver for this monitor. The CD I have says "Dell E173FP monitor user documentation" and claims to contain an HTML document as well as the driver. It does indeed have an HTML document, but the instructions for installation found on there do not work.

Not fully understanding the question here but if you are looking for the drivers for that monitor you may want to make your way to: Control Panel > Device Manager > Display Devices > Dell E173FP (Right Click) > Update Drivers

chriswowe359

Normally when the power light is flashing green on the monitor this means that the video drivers are having problems.

Note with LCD monitors they are very picky about the signal that they get and if they get a signal that they can not support they will go black to keep them from burning out.

The best way to fix this issue is to connect a CRT monitor to your computer and reboot the system. After you reinstall the video card driver you may need to also install the actual monitor drivers for the monitor. Note in most cases the default Windows driver will send the proper info over to the monitor but in this case that driver is where the problem is and updating to the actual driver will help keep this problem from happening again. The link below will show you how to update the monitor driver in Windows 7.

How to install your monitor drivers in Windows 7

If you still have trouble or do not have access to a CRT monitor you may want to try the monitor on another computer. If it works then you will need to back up your data and reinstall Windows on your computer.

Let me know if you have any more problems or questions

Issken
http://www.fixya.com/users/issken

it may not be your monitor driver...it may your video graphics card. reload the driver for your VGA card. it may be on your motherboard installation disk.

The native resolution for this E173FP is 1280 X 1024 @60Hz. Please verify that your PC VIDEO card have correct driver installed. Try it on naother PC also.
Unless the monitor has bad components inside.
http://s807.photobucket.com/home/budm/allalbums

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

See some examples here, just remove the stand first and start cracking it open at the bottom edge first.
http://www.lcdrepair.us/Installation.html

http://s807.photobucket.com/home/budm/allalbums
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
http://www.badcaps.net

Hi,

As far as I know there are no drivers needed for windows 7 for your Dell E173FP 17' LCD Monitor. Maybe you're referring to the Graphics card driver. Just look at the manufacturers website and they have the updated drivers on it. (Ex. NVIDIA, ATI etc.)

Hope this helps.

You don't really need a driver, it's perfectly OK if it stays as "Plug and Play monitor". Monitors communicate with the graphics cards to inform about the modes in which they can operate.
All you have to do is find out the "native" or "recommended" screen resolution and refresh frequency for your monitor model and set these values in Windows' Display Properties - Settings.
In case of DELL E173FP it will be: resolution 1280x1024 and 60Hz refresh.

By "installing" the monitor. Install the proper driver for your particular monitor and it will work and allow you to adjust resolution. "Uninstalled" monitors use a default system driver that lets you see something so you can install the proper drivers.

HI,
Are you putting in the Dell color monitor Cd to install the monitor ?
The new computer should not require,any drivers as its plug and play


Thanks
Proton

Go to Dell Support web site and download the video driver: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=INS_PNT_6000&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=