Rich, A couple of quick questions about your Acer monitor.. * You said that it just wouldn't turn on... does this mean that the power indicator light did not come on or there was no display? * Were there any symptoms prior to it dieing?
It is unusual for a monitor to just up and die with no warning. It is possible that it can be repaired quickly and cheaply (possible that it is a power supply or even just a fuse). On the 29th at 7PM is the next DorkbotPDX meeting at Backspace in portland. If you let me know you are coming, I am sure myself or a dozen or so others, would be willing to troubleshoot/repair it for you. If you cannot make it to the Dorkbot meeting, contact me off list and I'll arrange to take a look at it when I can. Jason On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]>wrote: > On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > > > I have both DVI and VGA outputs on a video card. When I blissfully > > switched to a DVI cable on my Hanns-G flat panel, the sharpness of the > > screen was noticeably reduced. I was told that there was a 6 bit DVI > cable > > and a later 8 bit DVI cable and that I probably had the 6 bit cable. > Doing > > a quick search on DVI cables I discover that there are at least DVI-D > > Single link and dual link; DVI-A; and DVI-I Single Link and Dual Link > > cable types. > > Wayne, > > A lot of flavors and I don't know which I need. PCH Cables shows a bunch > but doesn't describe where each is appropriate. Since I bought the system > board at ENU, and they carry this monitor I'll ask them. They've not > steered > me wrong. > > I've not before had to futz with anything other than brightness and > contrast on a monitor. But, when I cut the brightness and/or contrast the > whites take on a gray or blue tinge. I'm not a color guru but I know what > various applications (LyX, Firefox, alpine, etc.) looked like before so I > see the differences. > > Supposedly this a good monitor brand. When I learn to get the colors, > brightness, and contrast "right" I'm sure it will work well. I'll still > need > another monitor so I'll look for a different brand. The Acer was nice and I > have no idea why it just expired like it did. Oh, well. > > Thanks, > > Rich > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
