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

[Richard Clark]

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.