lewisdc :
this situation confuses me though, as the port still displays an image, its just that the PC doesn't recognize the monitor any longer through the HDMI port, so i am now using the DVG port on my card, which still recognizes the monitor.
So it leaves me in a tight spot, is it a hardware problem? could it have been a bug with the latest driver? It is a very very peculiar problem which i cannot find elsewhere online.
Late to the party i know, but Im having exactly the same problem. I have a DVI port (no VGA), but my monitor is VGA only, so i used a DVI to VGA adapter on my PC and a 6' VGA cord. i just upgraded to a 25 ' cord. I plugged the new 25' in, and my monitor showed up as 'generic pnp monitor' with a max resolution of 1024x768. I rebooted, checked drivers, checked device in windows and nvidia, but nothing. I made a custom resolution in Nvidia, but it was all blurry and hard to look at. I thought I would check the 6' to see if it was the long cable, and the 6' worked fine. Normal resolution (1600 by 900), and windows recognized my monitor by name. Switched them back, and it was back to locked out of resolution, but instead of generic pnp it reads 'display device on: VGA', but otherwise acts as the generic pnp ~ locked at 1024x768.
I understand troubleshooting enough to know there's obviously something wrong with the cable, but I am utterly unable to understand how a cord can show a perfect picture, but cause a driver issue to the point where the monitor isn't recognized. It doesnt make any sense to me either.