On 22 Jun 2013, at 14:17, Valter Prahlad wrote: > Il giorno 22/06/13 10.35, "Tom" ha scritto: > >> Yesterday one of the two displays just suddenly went dark, like blowing out >> a candle. > LCD monitors (and many electronics devices built around 2003-2005) suffer > from the "bad capacitors plague": > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague > > You can google "23 cinema display capacitors" and see if some page helps you > troubleshooting your problem. > >> I disconnected the dead monitor and all its cables from the Mac. > Are you sure there's no adapter still connected to the video card? > It may trick the card into thinking a monitor is still there. > >> When I open some windows, they go off the visible screen and open >> somewhere on the invisible one, on the non-existent monitor, and I can't >> get at them. > Using the display menulet (the icon on the top menu bar), can you change the > resolution of the "ghost" monitor, to a smaller one? > This way, windows opening there might be still visible on the main monitor > and movable. > > That's the best that I can think of right now. :-) >
Hi Have you tried resetting the pram, if this doesn't work try mirroring you will at least be able to see your missing windows. Have Fun Glen -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
