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dmurray14
May 26, 2007, 11:41 AM
Hey guys,

I have a G4 Quicksilver laying around. The graphics card seems to have an ADC port and a DVI port. I also have an old DVI monitor laying around. Plugged it into the DVI port on the mac but I get nothing. Seems to work fine on newer DVI monitors. Any idea what this might be? Any way to make it work?

Thanks,
Dan


dmurray14
May 27, 2007, 12:05 PM
Anyone?
FF_productions
May 27, 2007, 12:08 PM
What kind of monitor is it?

Brand/Size?
dmurray14
May 27, 2007, 03:10 PM
What kind of monitor is it?

Brand/Size?

It's a gateway 15" lcd. Just wondering if it has some kind of odd DVI or something?
FF_productions
May 27, 2007, 03:13 PM
Do you know if this monitor actually works?
dmurray14
May 27, 2007, 04:33 PM
Do you know if this monitor actually works?

Yeah, it works fine on any other PC!
FF_productions
May 27, 2007, 04:39 PM
Hmm.

I guess that monitor doesn't like your G4.

Did you tighten it when you plugged it in?

I'm clueless at this point
nplima
May 27, 2007, 05:54 PM
hi


there's several kinds of DVI connectors for different computers/monitors. The connectors I saw on a Powermac G4 and my MacMini are for the analog variety of DVI (DVI-I). If the display expects a DVI-D signal then it won't work.

wikipedia link with schematics for different DVI types: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface