This may be totally irrelevant, but FWIW, with a couple of my external drives, I need to follow a precise start-up routine if/when the power goes out:
> In case of accidental or purposeful shut-down of the drives: > > a. Disconnect power leads to the drives. > b. Disconnect the FW links to the drives. > c. Start up computer > > THEN and only then > > d. reconnect power leads > e. reconnect the FW cables. I also find that, during start-up, rubbing my stomach in a anti-clockwise direction while tapping "shave-and-a-haircut" on my forehead sometimes helps. stan On Apr 24, 2011, at 2:17 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > Several months ago I bought a Dell 2410 monitor to use at home with my > MacBook Pro (I use a Dell 2408 with it at work). > > At home, it was extremely difficult to get the monitor to recognize the > computer, and display the desktop. I have no idea which of the dozens of > things I tried eventually worked. However, they eventually did. > > A few months later... the power strip feeding the monitor got turned off, and > when I connect the MBP... nothing. The computer knows the monitor is there, > but the monitor won't recognize the computer. When I ask the monitor to > "scan sources" it doesn't find anything. When I choose VGA, it says "no VGA > cable", which is complete bullshit because there it is, plugged in (and > re-plugged-in, via an adapter to the Mac's mini display port). > > Help, please! It worked fine for months, and now won't work at all. > > Rick > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
