Kathy K wrote: > I have a G4 quicksilver, about 7+ years old that I am looking for a > monitor for. I just bought a 19" Acer lcd monitor that I thought was > going to work with both PC and Mac (I was thinking of sharing the > monitor between two computers). I discovered it works with the PC but > not the Mac. With the Mac, a message comes up that says it can't > transfer the data or can't interpret it or something. (If the exact > message would help I'll plug it in again and repost.) I did quite a > bit of searching online before I bought this monitor, and thought it > was PC/Mac compatible... but maybe I ended up purchasing the wrong > model. > > So, the question is - is there an adapter that would make this work > with the Mac? Or do I need to shop for another monitor, and if so—how > do I find one for sure that will work with this G4? (Other than > buying an Apple monitor.)
Odds are it is just an unsupported resolution or sync frequency. Do you have a second monitor attached to this computer? If you do then bring up System Preferences / Display. Click on a button called something like Collect Windows. It will bring both Display System Preferences windows to that screen. You can then change the resolution and sync. Try setting it to 800 x 600 @ 60Hz. You can then set the resolution to the monitor's native res and try different sync settings. If you don't, try doing a PRAM zap. This will reset the monitor setting to something likely to work. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
