A Viewsonic here has problems with an external power supply. It works well when a replacement is plugged in.
On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 5:14 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio <[email protected]>wrote: > If you have no toher cables to try get rubbing alcohol or contact > cleaner, an old tooth brush with power disconnected scrub the cable ends > and all ports, briskly and completely. Look for loose or broken pins. Bad > cable insulation etc. > > The starting point for repair should always be the obvious elements. And > this gets them out of the way if it is something more complex causing the > failure. I have had many great monitors that people thought were totally > wasted brought to life with a simple cleaning. > > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 3:12 PM, JohnV <[email protected]> wrote: > >> OK, this will take some wrangling... a day or two to get at it. >> >> Swap the port connections at the back of the G5 >> observe, then >> Swap the cables where they go into each monitor >> observe >> >> will do >> >> >> On Jan 19, 2013, at 2:56 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: >> >> Il giorno 19/01/13 20:34, Kris Tilford ha scritto: >>> >>> Switch the monitors to each other's video port and see if the bands >>>> stay with the same monitor or stay with the same video port. >>>> >>> >>> ... and switch the video cables too, to test them as well. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group >> for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on >> Power Macs. >> The list FAQ is at >> http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-**list.shtml<http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml>and >> our netiquette guide is at >> http://www.lowendmac.com/**lists/netiquette.shtml<http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/g3-5-list <http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list> >> > > > > -- > Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer > [email protected] > http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ > http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer > http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications > http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ > http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ > > > > -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
