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Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / June 2004Monitor related problem!
I have tried to use a mac monitor on a PC via the adapter. (This does work fine on most PC machines.) Yet today a PC would not fire up the monitor using an 8x Radeon 9200SE card. What triggers the MAC monitor into action. Its as if there was no signal coming from the video card to keep the monitor switched on. Can this be bypassed or is it a function od the MAC monitors? Someone will know I am hoping. Thanks rm > I have tried to use a mac monitor on a PC via the adapter. (This does > work fine on most PC machines.) Yet today a PC would not fire up the > monitor using an 8x Radeon 9200SE card. > > What triggers the MAC monitor into action. Firstly, it is "Mac", short for "Macintosh". An MAC is usually a Media Access Controller, the chip that looks after your ethernet port :) (Yes, we're fussy about such things :)) Really, it depends on the monitor. A lot of the earlier Apple monitors are fixed-frequency jobs, not multisync. If you could tell us the model of Apple monitor you're trying to use, that would help. Geoffrey (remove EXCESS BAGGAGE to reply via mail)  SignatureWARNING: mail to this address will be auto-bounced if: (a) more than 10% original content appears before first quoted matter, (b) quoted material exceeds 75% of total message content, and/or (c) HTML is used to format text and/or embed non-ASCII items. >>I have tried to use a mac monitor on a PC via the adapter. (This does >>work fine on most PC machines.) Yet today a PC would not fire up the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > (remove EXCESS BAGGAGE to reply via mail) Well its not actually a MAC but now reading the back its an Apple Multiscan 17" Family M2494 made in 1995. That better. Thanks rm > > Really, it depends on the monitor. A lot of the earlier Apple monitors > > are fixed-frequency jobs, not multisync. > ... its an Apple Multiscan 17" Family M2494 made in 1995. Hmm, should come up fine - I have the very same model of monitor on my PC (being driven by an onboard GF4 chipset) and it works a treat. It doesn't like 60 Hz (the old PC default scan frequency) much, but its viewable enough so i can re-set it to 72 Hz. If memory serves, that model uses a Hitachi chassis. Geoffrey (remove EXCESS BAGGAGE to reply via mail) SignatureWARNING: mail to this address will be auto-bounced if: (a) more than 10% original content appears before first quoted matter, (b) quoted material exceeds 75% of total message content, and/or (c) HTML is used to format text and/or embed non-ASCII items. >>>Really, it depends on the monitor. A lot of the earlier Apple monitors >>>are fixed-frequency jobs, not multisync. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > (remove EXCESS BAGGAGE to reply via mail) That sounds like I should reset the frequency of the card. Thanks rm > >>>Really, it depends on the monitor. A lot of the earlier Apple monitors > >>>are fixed-frequency jobs, not multisync. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > rm The GeForce 4MX in my G4 wouldn't fire one up either. Probably trying to sync with too high a frequency. Amos Signaturehttp://appletalk.com.au Australia's Macintosh Community |
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