Hello,
So I recently bought a Dell 2001FP off my friend, and ran in to the problem where my LCD (connected via DVI) started blanking/flashing at 1600x1200 resolution. I did a bit of research and found several sites saying that this particular LCD has problems with doing 1600x1200 via DVI.
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_monitor&message.id=33721
http://www.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/product_id=2313337/id_type=M/
However, here's the twist. This only happens when my powerbook is plugged in to the AC adapter while the LCD is connected. If I disconnect the power source to the powerbook (running off battery while LCD is plugged to the wall), the LCD stops flashing. At first I thought that it might be a problem with the particular socket, but nope, tried all the sockets, and still the same problem.
Bought the powerbook January '04, and it is running Mac OS X 10.3.8. 1.25GHz proc, w/ 512 MB ram, ATI Radeon (for sure) 9200 (?) w/ 64MB video ram. Updating drivers from ATI's support site didn't help either.
Stuff from system profile:
ATY,RV350M10:
Type: display
Bus: AGP
VRAM (Total): 64 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x4e50
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-xxxxx-117
Anyone else ran into this problem? If someone has anything that I could try I am up for it. Not sure but if I connect it with a VGA cable instead and then use the Apple's DVI adapter, would that help any? possibly settle timing issues between the card and lcd. But then again why is it only when my powerbook is plugged in?
Thanks!
Shawn 😕
So I recently bought a Dell 2001FP off my friend, and ran in to the problem where my LCD (connected via DVI) started blanking/flashing at 1600x1200 resolution. I did a bit of research and found several sites saying that this particular LCD has problems with doing 1600x1200 via DVI.
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_monitor&message.id=33721
http://www.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/product_id=2313337/id_type=M/
However, here's the twist. This only happens when my powerbook is plugged in to the AC adapter while the LCD is connected. If I disconnect the power source to the powerbook (running off battery while LCD is plugged to the wall), the LCD stops flashing. At first I thought that it might be a problem with the particular socket, but nope, tried all the sockets, and still the same problem.
Bought the powerbook January '04, and it is running Mac OS X 10.3.8. 1.25GHz proc, w/ 512 MB ram, ATI Radeon (for sure) 9200 (?) w/ 64MB video ram. Updating drivers from ATI's support site didn't help either.
Stuff from system profile:
ATY,RV350M10:
Type: display
Bus: AGP
VRAM (Total): 64 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x4e50
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-xxxxx-117
Anyone else ran into this problem? If someone has anything that I could try I am up for it. Not sure but if I connect it with a VGA cable instead and then use the Apple's DVI adapter, would that help any? possibly settle timing issues between the card and lcd. But then again why is it only when my powerbook is plugged in?
Thanks!
Shawn 😕
