[CUBE] OT: Video; Things that make ya go hmmm...

[pep27 at mac.com]

Nope... "Wrenching Retard" here didn't reseat the card all the way 
;^)...

All better now...

OK... Time for a beer and a video... Think I'll watch the extended DVD 
of "Fellowship of the Ring" ;^D...

Pep

On Friday, March 12, 2004, at 05:46 PM, Richard Clark wrote:

>
> On 13 Mar 2004, at 12:39 AM, pep27 at mac.com wrote:
>
>> Thanks Richard and Riba... Thought that's what it was...
>>
>> Now I'm dealing with a different problem... I put the 8500 back in 
>> the Xserve and connected the 15" TFT to the ADC/DVI connector... 
>> Everything works EXCEPT the monitor picture!... USB is working 
>> because I have the keyboard connected to the monitor, and the eject 
>> key opens the CD-ROM drive just fine... Screen is totally black... 
>> Not even a flicker... Weird...
>>
>> Could the settings for the 23" display still be in there, and that's 
>> what's confusing the monitor?... Guess I should have changed it to 
>> 1024x768 BEFORE I switched monitors...
>>
>> I thought the computer automatically sensed what kind of monitor you 
>> had hooked up... Perhaps the ADC/DVI converter is getting in the way 
>> of that?...
>>
>> Arrrg!...
>>
>> Pep
>
> well not sure about the mac but when i had a pc you needed to change 
> the resolution to the lowest one before putting in the new card.
>
>
>
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