flat screens

[Michael Havens]

Well, both of them say, 'No signal detected', from two different computers.
As for the live cd thing I'll have to test that tomorrow when I can get to
a free computer.

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Post screen is your bios. No drivers or os just a power On self test
> (post) to see if the card is sending anything to the display.
>
> The use of a live CD was to see if it was an OS config issue or not.  I
> have had interesting moments where I had to define my displays in detail
> before x would work. Not usually an issue much anymore but this is a good
> check to see if it is the case.
>  On Aug 26, 2014 9:16 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> only have one graphics card. What do you mean when you say 'post screen'
>> or running it with a live CD? I am connecting it to already running puters.
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On the same graphics card/device? Some devices will only run x number of
>>> cards and if you are over x the new displays will just never show. If there
>>> are only 2 total then it should be ok. Do you get a post screen and have
>>> you tried a live CD to see if they show?
>>>  On Aug 26, 2014 8:20 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am connecting them to my VGA outputs.
>>>>
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Stephen Partington <
>>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> what are you connecting them to? your system might not have the
>>>>> outputs enabled.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know. The plug coming out of the monitors is VGA so I would
>>>>>> think it would just be like a regular monitor. Oh.... maybe I should
>>>>>> mention that crt monitors work and that these flat screens are replacements
>>>>>> for working CRTs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:07 PM, IscreamKid <iscreamkid at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or, perhaps the output you are using on CPU box is set to other than
>>>>>>> the one you are using. Nerve systems sometimes can't output analog VGA and
>>>>>>> digital at the same time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Harold
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > On Aug 26, 2014, at 11:38, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Is there more than one input (vga, dvi, hdmi).  Perhaps you have
>>>>>>> the wrong input selected and you simply need to select the correct input.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Brian
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >> On 08/26/2014 11:29 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>>>> >> I got a couple of little flat screen monitors and I plug them in
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> >> turn them on and they say, "No signal detected". Is there a
>>>>>>> secret to
>>>>>>> >> getting them to work?
>>>>>>> >> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>> >>
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>>>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>>>>
>>>>> Stephen
>>>>>
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