The osm was working until I inadvertently changed it to hdmi, then it
stopped. I plan on looking for a used monitor later this AM.  This laptop
supports an external monitor.  Need to get a cable.

Thanks,
-Denis

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 7:01 AM, Michael Barnes <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Just curious. If there is no OSD, how do you know HDMI input is selected?
> Also, do you have another computer or laptop or Raspberry Pi or Roku or
> something you can hook up to the monitor to see if it is working? You
> should get an OSD even with nothing connected to the monitor. So far,
> everything you have been saying points to a bad monitor. Run down to
> Goodwill, you can usually pick up a working monitor for <$20. That will
> give you something to test with, and everybody can use a spare monitor now
> and then.
>
> Michael
>
> On Nov 17, 2016 2:19 PM, "Denis Heidtmann" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > vga cable: no change.  Monitor is under warranty.  I have contacted asus
> > support.
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > >
> > > > That may work, but the GD monitor is stuck in hdmi mode.
> > >
> > >    Not encouraging, Denis. If you turn off the monitor and connect a
> vga
> > > cable to the system rather than the hdmi cable, and then turn on the
> > > monitor
> > > it might pick up the difference. If not, a system reboot should reset
> the
> > > video configuration from both ends of the cable.
> > >
> > >    If worse comes to worse, there's always Sunday's clinic. :-)
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > >
> > > Rich
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