Have a 1710 on a 7300 on a twin turbo card and it works fine, must be reasonably unused because it is very sharp with heaps of contrast to go. And supports some fine resolutions. I was given it and was pleasantly surprised because all prior ones lacked sharpness (they were probably just much used).
I once did have problems similar to Steve, when somehow I chose an apparantly unsupported resolution when I was setting up. All went blank. Even after restart. Very frustrating. I had two monitors on my 7300 machine and tried to bring up the monitor control panel to investigate. But, of course, for starters, I had set the menu to be on the 1710 which was dark. No matter, I had, fortunately, once made a key commanded script to bring up the monitor control panels. So I did. But, with 2 screens, there are 2 panels and the relevant one was on the dark 1710 (in particular, the important "Arrange" button was on the 1710, never mind the relevant screen resolutions). What was needed was to get this panel over to the good screen. Well, though the 1710 screen was blank, it was not stupidly so. (Ever heard of a phenomena called Blindsight? It is a peculiar brain condition, a deficit, whereby folk report seeing nothing from at least one eye but yet can accurately answer questions about phenomena only "visible" to that eye. In other words, lightwaves are penetrating and the brain is getting info, but the conscious look is missing. The analogy is to do with that there are - sort of - things on the screen but which can't be seen. Ever turned on the monitor late and found the desktop already waiting for you? This is an image that is there when the monitor is off, even creepier. I tell you, this Mac business can get spooky). So I spent time fishing for the monitor control panel from the darkened screen to try to drag it to the working one (on the vram). It is very hard to get the mouse onto the top bar of an open window you can't see. An applescript with a key command to bring any front window over to the working screen (it is easier to activate a whole window on a totally dark screen than to grab the thin top bar that allows you to drag it) did not work, a control panel window is a different beast... I did manage to bring over the preferences window (I had aliases and things on the visible screen that gave a handle. And the keycommanded window move script ...) And deleted the monitor prefs. I then found and loaded the monitor software (there is an official floppy disk) and loaded the software (with help from list folks) of the twin turbo card. And it has been apples ever since. I understand the 9600 has no inbuilt vram video and needs a PCI card. Perhaps your card needs software or is on the blink? Perhaps you could buy another card that will stand you in good stead (and if the old one is good, use it for a second monitor - a wonderful arrangement). If you could get a known good monitor on it to see what resolution switching you can do... I had the advantage of another screen to operate the machine, which you might not have? I am happy to try to find the 1710 floppy with software on it and maybe email it to you, maybe it would help? And there might be software you need for your card? Don't know now if I have been at all helpful. David Elmo > Subject: [PCI] Re: Applevision 1710 problem w/9600 > Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 03:43:56 -0500 > > Sounds like the logic board in the monitor itself is starting to go a little > haywire > > these monitors are generally known to be the worst monitors apple ever made > i received a 1710AV for free and gave it back after 3 weeks because of > nothing but problems > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Zerby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 10:04 PM > Subject: [PCI] Applevision 1710 problem w/9600 > > >> My just-acquired 9600 came with an Applevision 1710 >> monitor that has an ADB pigtail on the connector. When >> I first fired it up it worked fine, then I changed to >> a higher resolution and the screen went black. I can't >> can't seem to get it to work right now. If I boot with >> the ADB connector plugged in, the screen stays black. >> It goes through the boot process and all, but I get no >> picture. If I power the monitor on and off from the >> front panel after it's booted and the screen is black, >> I can see a momentary flicker of the desktop when I >> flick the monitor on and off, but can't get it to >> stick on. If I boot up with the ADB connector >> unplugged I can get an image, but only at 640 x 480 >> resolution. >> >> Any thoughts on how to proceed? >> >> Steve -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 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