flat screens

Michael Havens bmike1 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 27 22:53:18 MST 2014


well.... almost fine. the colours are a bit off and the colour adjustments
don't adjust it enough. Also the image isn't as sharp as with the CRT and
there isn't an adjustment for that. Is there a way to fix those with linux?

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 1.  have you tried to use a different VGA cable?  Check the cable
> connectors for broken or missing pins.
>
> Cool.... that fixed my brothers flat screen. One of the pins was bent.
>  Cool... I just discovered I was testing with the wrong cable! The other
> monitor is fine. Thanks for the help
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 4:18 AM, Jon Kettenhofen <subs at kexsof.com> wrote:
>
>> Mike,
>> 1.  have you tried to use a different VGA cable?  Check the cable
>> connectors for broken or missing pins.
>> 2.  If the monitor has a menu, check the menus - does the monitor have
>> more than one input, like both a VGA input and a DVI input or even an HDMI
>> input?  One of my monitors has all three and the monitor's menu will allow
>> me to choose which one.  Normally it will default to whatever is plugged in
>> but that may not be the case for your flat screen.
>> 3.  Do you have a special driver installed for your CRT monitor?  If so,
>> you may need to remove it. (but I realize that's not likely!)
>> 4.  Are the flat screens you have used?  Are you sure they are in working
>> order?
>> 5.  Have you tried leaving the monitor on and just shutting down and
>> rebooting the computer?  (It's stupid, but sometimes that works.)
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>> On 08/27/2014 03:22 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>
>>> 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 <mailto: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
>>>     <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>>>             <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>>>                         <mailto: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
>>>                             <mailto: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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