Rich,
No problem if you don't make it. You can either contact me or wait for the
next meeting (held every 2 weeks) to take a look at the monitor.
If you can give me the model number of the monitor and/or the voltage and
current rating of the power supply, I'll see if I have one for testing as I
am
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Paul Heinlein wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Galen Seitz wrote:
>
>> My best guess as to your sharpness issue is either a poor quality
>> cable or the LCD not being driven at its native resolution.
>
> Agreed, and I'd lay my money on the latter.
Thirded.
Switchin
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Galen Seitz wrote:
> My best guess as to your sharpness issue is either a poor quality
> cable or the LCD not being driven at its native resolution.
Agreed, and I'd lay my money on the latter.
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On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Galen Seitz wrote:
> You probably want a DVI-D Male to DVI-D Male Cable. I believe that's the
> one that is most commonly used to connect a PC to a monitor.
Thanks, Galen.
Rich
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On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Jason Barnett wrote:
> A couple of quick questions about your Acer monitor..
> * You said that it just wouldn't turn on... does this mean that the power
> indicator light did not come on or there was no display?
When I sat down at my desk yesterday morning the monitor was
Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote:
> I have both DVI and VGA outputs on a video card. When I blissfully
> switched to a DVI cable on my Hanns-G flat panel, the sharpness of the
> screen was noticeably reduced. I was told that there was a 6 bit DVI
> cable and a later 8 bit DVI cable and that I probabl
Rich Shepard wrote:
>A lot of flavors and I don't know which I need. PCH Cables shows a bunch
> but doesn't describe where each is appropriate. Since I bought the system
> board at ENU, and they carry this monitor I'll ask them. They've not steered
> me wrong.
You probably want a DVI-D Male to
Rich,
A couple of quick questions about your Acer monitor..
* You said that it just wouldn't turn on... does this mean that the power
indicator light did not come on or there was no display?
* Were there any symptoms prior to it dieing?
It is unusual for a monitor to just up and die with no war
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote:
> I have both DVI and VGA outputs on a video card. When I blissfully
> switched to a DVI cable on my Hanns-G flat panel, the sharpness of the
> screen was noticeably reduced. I was told that there was a 6 bit DVI cable
> and a later 8 bit DVI cable
Galen Seitz wrote:
> Rich Shepard wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Larry Brigman wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Was it connected via a VGA cable?
>>>
>> Larry,
>>
>>Yes. That's been adequate for years so that's what I continue to use.
>>
>
> If your machine has a DVI output, I'd recommend
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Galen Seitz wrote:
> While unlikely today, a manufacturer could choose to not install the
> physical connector.
Asus makes good boards for the AMD processors and the connector is there,
next to the VGA one.
> BTW, I would expect a 6 ft DVI cable to cost less than $10.
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Galen Seitz wrote:
> Rich Shepard wrote:
> >
> >Thank you, Galen. I believe there is DVI output. Is there anything in
> > /proc or dmsg that will confirm that?
> >
> >I'll buy a DVI cable at ENU and reconnect the monitor.
>
> While there might be some way
Rich Shepard wrote:
>
>Thank you, Galen. I believe there is DVI output. Is there anything in
> /proc or dmsg that will confirm that?
>
>I'll buy a DVI cable at ENU and reconnect the monitor.
While there might be some way via the filesystem or commands to
determine whether your video con
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Rich Shepard wrote:
> I believe there is DVI output. Is there anything in proc or dmsg that
> /will confirm that?
The User Guide for the Asus M4A78LT-M LE system board notes it has DVI-D
output.
Thanks,
Rich
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Galen Seitz wrote:
> If your machine has a DVI output, I'd recommend switching to that. When
> you use VGA with an LCD, you're adding two extra stages of signal
> processing that is unnecessary. With VGA, your video card converts pixels
> into three analog outputs, and the di
Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Larry Brigman wrote:
>
>> Was it connected via a VGA cable?
>
> Larry,
>
>Yes. That's been adequate for years so that's what I continue to use.
If your machine has a DVI output, I'd recommend switching to that.
When you use VGA with an LCD, you're
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> I've heard of a similar sounding outfit, Hansgrohe. But if it was them,
> you're connections would be made with pipe and while you'd have something
> that involves liquid, it wouldn't be liquid crystals. ;-)
Dick,
It's Hannspree - Global in Ta
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Larry Brigman wrote:
> You could have a bad cable. A bad connection can cause your color problems.
But, the cable worked just fine through yesterday on the deceased monitor.
Regardless, I can swap it out.
Rich
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On 08/21/2011 03:58 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> I bought this one from Newegg and ENU carries this brand, too. Never heard
> of Hanns-G before.
I've heard of a similar sounding outfit, Hansgrohe. But if it was them,
you're connections would be made with pipe and while you'd have
something that inv
You could have a bad cable. A bad connection can cause your color problems.
On Aug 21, 2011 3:58 PM, "Rich Shepard" wrote:
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Larry Brigman wrote:
> Was it connected via a VGA cable?
Larry,
Yes. That's been adequate for years so that's what I continue to use.
Trying to a
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Larry Brigman wrote:
> Was it connected via a VGA cable?
Larry,
Yes. That's been adequate for years so that's what I continue to use.
Trying to adjust the color is a major PITA, though. Everything is a bit
too blue (or grey), but when I try to use 'user' color moving
Was it connected via a VGA cable?
On Aug 21, 2011 7:49 AM, "Rich Shepard" wrote:
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Rich Shepard wrote:
> But, ... with firefox at certain locations on the application window the
> cursor vibrates, the status line flickers between 'done' and the URL, and
> this is seen on the
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Rich Shepard wrote:
> But, ... with firefox at certain locations on the application window the
> cursor vibrates, the status line flickers between 'done' and the URL, and
> this is seen on the history sidebar, too.
Strange. The problem has gone away. Perhaps the new monito
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