Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> [10-12-14 07:12]: > Dale wrote: > >meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >> > >>Next shot in the dark: > >>Some monitors can be asked to offer their physical data like > >>resolution and such. It is called EDID or something like that. > >> > >>May be the BIOS (or the graka) tries to ask the monitor about its > >>EDID > >>data and the return is "The sound of Silence" ... or something more > >>weird and misunderstandable... > >> > >>And the graka hangs and therefore the BIOS waits forever for the > >>graka > >>and Dale waits forever for monitor... ;) > >> > >>When booted with a "talking and correctly speaking EDID" monitor the > >>garak is setup correctly and everything is fine. > >> > >>If you are using a nvidia-card use the nvidia-settings tool when > >>haveing switched the monitors the "bad way" ;) and in the nvidia > >>settings tool you will find the possibility to "Acquire EDID" (a > >>button). Do this with the new monitor to check whether it talks EDID > >>correctly. > >> > >>Two things I would try to fix the problem: > >>Boot into the BIOS and check, whether "First VGA" (this is how it is > >>called in my BIOS) is set to the correct bus type/card. In my case it > >>has to be set to PCIe. > >>Any may be you will also find a setting to instruct the card to > >>acquire EDID data from the monitor. Toggle this. > >> > >>HTH! > >>Best regards, > >>mcc > >> > > > >I will try that next. Right now, I unplugged the power from the > >EV910. It has been unplugged for a while now. I'm hoping it will > >reset something in the monitor itself. > > > >I'm pretty sure this monitor has EDID but I'm not certain. I looked > >and the EV910 is actually a little newer than the EV700. The EV910 > >was made in 2001 and the EV700 was made in 2000. Pretty old huh? > > > >I really don't want to use this old 17" monitor but I also don't want > >to have to buy a new one either. :/ > > > >Now to reboot and see if it works. If not, I'll check the BIOS > >setting next. I checked that earlier and I think it is set has you > >wrote tho. I'll make sure tho. > > > >Thanks. Will write in a bit whether it changes anything. > > > >Dale > > > >:-) :-) > > > > Neither of those worked. It did nothing on the EV910. > > Any more ideas? > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
Another thing, Dale: Try to activate the settings menu of the monitor in question when it is attached (nonworking) to the PC. If you can see the menu: The monitor does not hang. When in the menu try to figure out, whether the monitor thinks it is receiving a signal. If not: cable defect or graphics card not seeing the monitor (due to a cable defect: sense pin for example). May be the monitor simply does not came out of its standby/sleep mode ?? Fingers crossed... mcc
