here's what I would do, in this order:[ with any new monitor on a mac II] make sure the power cord is plugged into either the wall power or the back of the mac's power. of plugging it into one deosn't give power to the green LED on the front, plug it into the the other source of power. wall or mac back. make sure the db15 jack on the cable is firmly connected into the monitor port on the back, as per the picture beneath the port. look carefully around the monitor's shell for the 'on' button and any contrast, tint, postioning dials or buttons that may be there. panels can hide these by slick design. snoop, poke, wiggle. be sure the 'on button' is turned on. [green LED should come on, on the front somewhere visibly]
be sure the other dials or knobs are set at the midway point, not to either extreme they can be turned to. if all this is in place, NOW turn on your mac and wait for it to boot. listen for the happy chimes. if it boots, give it a little time to finish and present itself to you as good to go.. with a color monitor, it might come up greyscale the first time you wake it up. if the machine boots , go into the monitors control panel and select color. depending on how much VRAM you have , you may get 256 colors, thousands or millions. know whether you are limited to onboard VRAM, onboard RAM, or if you have a videocard installed. know if it's Nubus, or PDS adapted. know if it does color or greyscale or B&W. if you are using a videocard, be sure you attached the monitor cable to it, back when you were hooking up the power and the monitor cord in the back of the unit. read labels, match icons. if all goes well, you'll get a lit screen with a readable display, either greyscaled or color. the first time with any monitor, it'll usually revert to greyscale and wait for you to set color in the monitor control panel.. you can get black if the contrast dial is turned too far to one end of its complete range of turn. put it at the midway point of its turn. by this point you should be getting some kind of results. if you aren't, i leave it to better minds than me to pick up from here. janet http://community.webtv.net/mensabrains/BADCODE -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
