Success came with a combination of Stan's and Steve's suggestions. It =is= a DVI adapter, and the monitor thinks it's a DVD player it is hooking up to (so why can't it detect it??? Thanks, Dell. Sheesh.). The specific startup sequence is also key; but my monitor prefers the rhythm of the Lone Ranger theme/William Tell Overture.
Thanks, guys! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 4/24/11, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: > From: steve harley <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: AARGH! MBP v Dell 2410 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, April 24, 2011, 3:09 PM > On 2011-04-24 12:17 , Rick Womer > wrote: > > A few months later... the power strip feeding the > monitor got turned off, and when I connect the MBP... > nothing. The computer knows the monitor is there, but > the monitor won't recognize the computer. When I ask > the monitor to "scan sources" it doesn't find > anything. When I choose VGA, it says "no VGA cable", > which is complete bullshit because there it is, plugged in > (and re-plugged-in, via an adapter to the Mac's mini display > port). > > if i'm reading this right, i'd suggest a Mini DisplayPort > to DVI adapter instead of the VGA adapter -- all-digital > signal path will be cleaner; i got one from monoprice.com > that is not quite as pretty but much less expensive than the > Apple adapter > > could also be a cable problem -- sometimes wiggling the > cable at each end will make this clear; i've had a > surprising number of display cables flake out after months > of working fine (DVI and HDMI especially) > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
