Well, I've a number of monitor issues on my "new" Blue & White (running side-by-side w/a Molar):
The main card is an ATI Rage, I believe, going to a KDS monitor. I put a second card in - nabbed from my 7600, an ixMicro - and attached a Compaq Presario monitor to it. And this worked well for a half a day, and then 1. The Compaq monitor sometimes flakes out at startup, coming off as "very green" and ugly, as if one color were no longer shooting, or it had been changed to 256 colors instead of millions. But then, every now and then, it comes back to look just great! I didn't realize that monitors would "go out" intermittently. Isn't this a bit odd? (It looks great right now. I'm staring at it. The ladybug background is lovely, and the green is lovely and complex, too.) 2. From the first time this problem showed up, I became unable to open up the Display system preference. And I just tried again, and... 3. I actually had an OS X crash. This is the first such I've ever experienced. A lot of useless-to-me info came across the main screen (the KDS), and I forced a restart. Darwin kernel crash, apparently. Maybe I'll have to get an OS X manual after all. 4. The computer started up again fine. The background on the KDS has changed. So I went to the background system preference. Changed the background. And then, from there, I could click to that recalcitrant Display panel, and it worked just fine. What's up? Q - > Is it possible that the OS "learned" how to show the display again? (I just tried to open the display panel from the main system preference menu, and it opened up fine!) 5. One relevant bit of info is that I switch the KDS monitor (the one whose background under OS X has changed, and whose resolution may have, too) with an OS 9 G3M Molar. Using Dr. Bott's MonoSwitch ADB. Can this cause OS X troubles? (You wouldn't think so, would you?) 6. I'm thinking of buying a new monitor, especially if the Compaq is going belly up. My idea is to put an LCD between the two CRTs (the Molar on left, and moving the KDS to far right). This way at switch and startup there's no interference. (There is, now.) I'd think LCDs should be immune to interference. Am I correct? 7. Here's a Proview monitor I looked at today, for under $200: http://www.proview.net/static/products/lcd_series.html LCD 76 & 56 Series PL456s LCD Screen Size Dot Pitch Max. Resolution Contrast Ratio Brightness Viewing Angle 14-inch (14" viewable image size) 0.279 mm dot pitch 1024 x 768 @ 75 Hz 300/1 150 nits L/R 90�, U/D 40� Q - > Would it work with both my Molar with an ATA Mach 64 card and my Blue&White with the ATI Rage? Q - > Have any of you experience with this brand, with Macintosh? Any recommendations? Anything used-but-better for private sale in this price range? t -- Signwave Finder Mail 0.5a - http://www.signwave.co.uk/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
