Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> [10-12-14 16:26]: > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am in the process of switching from the old rig to the new rig. While > > doing the install I was using a Gateway EV700 monitor and it worked fine. I > > unhooked the cables from my old rig and moved in the new rig. The new > > monitor is a Gateway EV910. When I boot with the Gateway EV910 hooked up, > > it doesn't even come out of power saver mode or show the BIOS screen that > > pops up when I first turn the puter on. It does work with the one I used to > > install with, EV700. So, I know the card didn't mess up in the switch. > > > > Since it doesn't even work with the BIOS screen, this is not a OS issue. Is > > there some setting I have to change to be able to change monitors or am I > > just going nuts here? What is it about hooking up a different monitor that > > makes it not work? Both monitors support the same resolutions and I have > > switched these before with my old rig and not a single problem. > > > > What am I missing? Some new feature that the video card remembers what > > monitor it is supposed to hook up to? > > > > Thoughts? Fixes would be nice. > > > > Dale > > Like old Bill C. said "I feel your pain." > > I've got a newish Samsung 22" monitor I'm using on this computer. It > works great. However recently I tried reinstalling Gentoo on an older > Mac Mini. This same monitor, when attached to the Mac, would boot > Gentoo from the CD, showing text on the screen for about 10 seconds, > and then seems to go into some sort of power savings mode where the > text becomes so dim that you almost can't read it. I found in that > case I had to turn the lights off to see what the Gentoo install disk > was telling me to do. I figured out what I had to type to get yaboot > to boot, but it was a mess. > > I never found a solution to this and just gave up as the Mac was too > slow. You might look for BIOS level power management stuff and see if > it's turning off or dimming the output? > > Good luck. I feel your pain... > > - Mark >
In the BIOS try to disable any APM and ACPI stuff.... Good luck! mcc
