Re: Apple HD Cinema Monitor

joe@callidity.com adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie and donned asbestosunderwear to post:

> I recently tried to get an Apple 23" HD Cinema monitor (1920x1200)
to
> work on my 9.3 system and it would only blink at me. My adapter is
> NVIDIA 5900 - based and theoretically should work. In the YAST
> application, this monitor does not appear in the list. How would I
go
> about getting this monitor to work with my system?

I don`t know the situation now but I do know that you are in for a
jolly
time :-)

Seriously though it would be best to do a search on google groups
about
this, I tried to help someone ages ago and in the end it turned out
that at the time that make of monitor just would not work.

IIRC you have to use the max resolution 1920x1200 (?) @ 60hz

Just configure it with sax, but I do not think you can get the 640x480

resolution initially to use sax.

The problem is the restricted amount of resolutions that the monitor
can
actually display.

HTH

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Mark
Novell Support Forums SysOp
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Skype <my nick> text only please

I already searched the groups and have not found a lot of happy
campers
with this monitor. Do the other large monitors (such as Samsung 243T &
Sony
SDM-P234) work better? I would like to run these at their native
resolution
(1920x1200) and I don't know if this is a problem with the Apple
monitor or
these types of monitors in general?

> joe@callidity.com adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie and donned
asbestos
> underwear to post:
>
> > I recently tried to get an Apple 23" HD Cinema monitor (1920x1200)
to
> > work on my 9.3 system and it would only blink at me. My adapter is

> > NVIDIA 5900 - based and theoretically should work. In the YAST
> > application, this monitor does not appear in the list. How would I
go
> > about getting this monitor to work with my system?
>
> I don`t know the situation now but I do know that you are in for a
jolly
> time :-)
>
> Seriously though it would be best to do a search on google groups
about
> this, I tried to help someone ages ago and in the end it turned out> that at the time that make of monitor just would not work.
>
> IIRC you have to use the max resolution 1920x1200 (?) @ 60hz
>
> Just configure it with sax, but I do not think you can get the
640x480
> resolution initially to use sax.
>
> The problem is the restricted amount of resolutions that the monitor
can
> actually display.
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Mark
> Novell Support Forums SysOp
> Twixt hill and high water
> N. Wales, UK.
> Skype <my nick> text only please
>

joe@callidity.com adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie and donned asbestosunderwear to post:

> I already searched the groups and have not found a lot of happy
> campers with this monitor. Do the other large monitors (such as
> Samsung 243T & Sony SDM-P234) work better? I would like to run these

> at their native resolution (1920x1200) and I don't know if this is a

> problem with the Apple monitor or these types of monitors in
general?

I am not a flat screen person myself ( I just cannot get on with them,

They hurt my eyes after a while ) and so can only go on what I have
seen and as far as I know your problem might only be down to the Apple

monitor`s restriction on the resolutions.

Sorry can`t help any better than what you might find elsewhere or
maybe
someone else here has personal experience and can help?

I have a nice 21" Cornerstone p1500 CRT in front of me now which has
the
luxury of taking 2 inputs so I can run 2 machines on the same monitorat 1600x1200 @ 85Hz and in the shop I have another 21" being fixed for

dual dual head :-) just got to get my desk strengthened for both of
them.


--
Mark
Novell Support Forums SysOp
Twixt hill and high water
N. Wales, UK.
Skype <my nick> text only please

I have had good luck with the 1600 x 1200 dell monitor and SuSE 9.2