From: "Greg Shafritz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 08:37:30 -0500
Now, no matter WHAT I do, I can't get an image to appear on this monitor anymore. I've tried connecting it to different video cards, different computers (IIci, Quadra 840av, WGS 9150 etc.)... but NOTHING seems to be able to produce an image on this monitor.
Has anybody seen behavior like this before? What can I do about it?
I wouldn't be so upset if this was a little 12 or 13 inch monitor, but this is my "brand-new" 20-inch Radius Intellicolor 20e flat screen Trinitron monitor that I paid a LOT of money for.
I have a couple of those. They're nice, but I don't think any of them still qualify as brand new.
Anyway, the monitor cable on these puppies is a little weird. It is detachable and has a Mac (DB15) plug at one end and a VGA (HD15) plug at the other end. The monitor has two input ports (only one usable at a time), one of which is a Mac and the other is a VGA port.
Try turning the cable around so that the Mac end is plugged into the monitor and the VGA end is available for connection to your computer. Then use a Mac to VGA adapter to connect the cable to your video card.
As I say, this is a long shot, but I've never heard of a monitor problem causing a plaid design. That sure sounds like a computer or video card problem. I know you tried it with other cards and everything else is fine, but switching the cable around is easy, so it's worth a try, assuming you have a Mac-VGA adapter on hand.
It is possible that the monitor is just dead. These puppies are *old*. Like at least six years old unless someone else picked up the Radius monitor line after Radius folded. Anyone know? I have a vague memory of KD something or other picking up either the Radius or the Supermac monitors, but it's vague.
Jeff Walther
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