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eriqthegeek
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April 28th, 2005 03:00
Bizarre 2005fpw problem with analog connection
I received this monitor today and was very excited to hook it up. I swapped out the 2001FP that I had hooked up to my KVM and hooked up the new one (using analog connection). Nothing was displayed - it was just stuck in analog mode. I tried a direct connection to my Mac Mini and also to a Shuttle PC box. Again, nothing. But, when I connected the cable to my Inspirion 9300 external VGA connector and enabled the secondary display, the display came up perfectly. How can this possibly be? I've tried rebooting the machines thinking maybe it was having a problem displaying the particular mode that was set, but even when the system starts booting in regular VGA mode the display is blank, in power save mode.
The DVI input works flawlessly on any of the machines ... but to use it with the KVM I need to use the analog. Is there something I can do or is the unit defective? The thing that bugs me is that the analog connection can't be completely hosed because it works fine when connected to my Inspiron 9300.
Would appreciate any suggestions, really hoping I don't have to return this baby. :(
Eric
The DVI input works flawlessly on any of the machines ... but to use it with the KVM I need to use the analog. Is there something I can do or is the unit defective? The thing that bugs me is that the analog connection can't be completely hosed because it works fine when connected to my Inspiron 9300.
Would appreciate any suggestions, really hoping I don't have to return this baby. :(
Eric
eriqthegeek
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Posted April 30th, 2005 10:00
Thanks for the suggestion ... unfortunately as these machines were previously connected to a 2001FP the refresh rate was already set to 60Hz. I went ahead and tried it again just to double check but no joy. :(
eriqthegeek
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Posted April 29th, 2005 02:00
Looks like I'll be exchanging it, this is the strangest problem I've ever had with a monitor. I just can't understand why it would work correctly hooked up via analog to one computer (which just so happens to be a Dell) but not with any others!