On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 10:59 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > 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. Ouch. Never thought about that. Thanks. - Gilboa
