Re: pc monitors with macs

[Clyde Kahrl]

If you've got a G5 you might as well get a monitor and surplus 
computers has some really knock-your-socks-off mongo huge used 
monitors cheap.  I don't know much about their service though.
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Re: pc monitors with macs

[Luis Sequeira]

On Dec 10, 2003, at 6:06 PM, Kathryn Odell wrote:

 Hi everyone,
 Sorry for being off-topic here, but I'm hoping I can call on your
 collective
 expertise to help my son's computer. I bought him a G5 tower for
 graduation,
 and he was using an old Sony monitor with it. The Sony gave out, and
 he's
 had some offers of free monitors from friends. One, an IBM, plugs in
 just
 fine, but no picture appears on the screen. Is there a way to tell
 which pc
 monitors will work with a mac? Is there anything that I have to do
 aside
 from plugging it to the computer? Thanks for any help!
 Kate
It has to be able to support the resolution and scan frequencies output
by the computer. If the frequencies are too high, some monitors will
refuse to display a picture. It may work at lower resolution and/or
lower refresh rate.


I second this. The most likely cause is that the mac is set to a 
higher resolution and/or refresh rate than the monitor can sustain.
If you, say, a powerbook or ibook around - and i suspect as much, 
since this the G-Books list -  you can test to make sure the monitor 
works ok by plugging it into the portable mac.

I can think of two options to try if the problem turns out be the one 
suspected above:

1) Borrow a monitor from a neighbor and turn the resolution down to 
some acceptable by the ibm monitor.

2) Connect to the g5 from the laptop and remove the adequate 
preference file, then reboot the g5 - then, hopefully, it will 
default to a lower resolution.
This option is dicier, but was the one I once had to resort to. I 
think the file in question is 
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systemuiserver.plist but it was a 
while ago.

Luis Sequeira

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Re: pc monitors with macs

[Paul Nicholson]

On Dec 10, 2003, at 6:06 PM, Kathryn Odell wrote:

Hi everyone,
Sorry for being off-topic here, but I'm hoping I can call on your 
collective
expertise to help my son's computer. I bought him a G5 tower for 
graduation,
and he was using an old Sony monitor with it. The Sony gave out, and 
he's
had some offers of free monitors from friends. One, an IBM, plugs in 
just
fine, but no picture appears on the screen. Is there a way to tell 
which pc
monitors will work with a mac? Is there anything that I have to do 
aside
from plugging it to the computer? Thanks for any help!

Kate
It has to be able to support the resolution and scan frequencies output 
by the computer. If the frequencies are too high, some monitors will 
refuse to display a picture. It may work at lower resolution and/or 
lower refresh rate.

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pc monitors with macs

[Kathryn Odell]

Hi everyone,
Sorry for being off-topic here, but I'm hoping I can call on your collective
expertise to help my son's computer. I bought him a G5 tower for graduation,
and he was using an old Sony monitor with it. The Sony gave out, and he's
had some offers of free monitors from friends. One, an IBM, plugs in just
fine, but no picture appears on the screen. Is there a way to tell which pc
monitors will work with a mac? Is there anything that I have to do aside
from plugging it to the computer? Thanks for any help!

Kate


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