<QUOTE> >Ok its a SOny Multiscan 20 SE II... >When I turn the monitor on it makes the normal static buzz that monitors >make, then it seems to go to sleep like its not getting any video signal. >However, I checked sonys site and the only useful thing that I coudl get >from it was, if the orange power saving light is flashing when you turn >?the monitor on then "its out of service" which I take to mean somethuns >wrong. this is wher eI'm lost... Monitors can a mystery. I have a big Hitachi built SuperMac 21" that I've hooked onto everything from my SE's ColorVue card to my Wifes Pentium 3. I originally bought it used sight unseen. It is a Hitachi, not a Sony. But the symptoms at first turn on followed yours exactly. I bought it to give my teeny-tiny Powerbook 2400 a big picture. It turned on, buzzed, and sat there empty just as you describe. And the the orange light kept blinking. I wasn't happy. I found it did work on a few other computers including my wife's third world hunk o' junk. So she got all the benefit intended for my 'book. About a year after I bought it, and a chance read, I grabbed every 15 pin video cable and adapter in my basement of both the VGA and Apple variety. All it took was a high density video cable rather than a regular video cable ($20 cable vs $10 cable) and my 'book bosses around that big Hitachi like nobody's business. Don't say it is dead until it rots. Bill
</QUOTE> Ok, um, I used a thick video cable and it has a interference dongle on it on both ends near both plugs, any other ideas? I know the cabel works, I'll see if I can dig up another one to try... -Joe ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
