On Tuesday 28 November 2006 08:06, Gilboa Davara wrote: >On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 07:06 -0500, Rick Bilonick wrote: >> I have a Planar 20" PL2010M LCD monitor. I attached it to an Athlon 64 >> system running FC6 and using the nvidia proprietary driver (the latest >> available). I tried (foolishly) the 1920x1080 interlaced output. The >> monitor said it was outside the range. I reset to 1600x1200 >> noninterlaced and everything was fine. Later I connected a similar >> computer (running FC5) that was displaying 1920x1080i (same nvidia >> card - 5700LE or such). I noticed my mistake right away and I >> immediately disconnected the monitor. Now, the PL2010M won't display >> anything. The on light switches quickly from green to a constant >> yellow and displays "no input signal" on the screen regardless of >> whether I'm using the analog or digital input. I can no longer bring >> up the setup menu (e.g., to change from analog to digital) - no menu >> whatsoever. I called Planar and they said it wouldn't damage the >> display but it seems like too much of a coincidence. >> >> Rick B. > >Unless you have 20 y/o CRT, your LCD/CRT will simply shut down if you >try to use an invalid resolution/refresh rate. >Some monitors will not display the OSD (E.g. Menu) when connected to >invalid display source. >Just disconnect the monitor from the machine and/or fix the X.org >configuration and the menu will work just fine. > You hope. Disconnecting things while powered up is never a good idea, ever. See my previous reply. >- Gilboa -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
