Isn't that the definition of an intellectual - someone who can listen to William Tell without thinking of the Lone Ranger?
Hi Ho Silver. Peter On 24 Apr 2011, at 21:02, Rick Womer wrote: > 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 <p...@paper-ape.com> wrote: > >> From: steve harley <p...@paper-ape.com> >> Subject: Re: AARGH! MBP v Dell 2410 >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> 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 >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
