DVI, LCD Display

[don't do it]

Ok i just bought the last thing I needed to connect my computer to my LCD monitor (Not a mac monitor by the way.) I have a 32" LCD Display, a 3m DVI cable, a DVI to DVI mini adapter from apple, and a MacBook laptop. I have it all connected like it should be but the LCD Display is showing a blank screen.

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong or need to fix?
Thanks

 

[TEG]

Your Options are as follows:

1) Open Display Preference Pane and click detect displays.

2) Restart the Computer

3) Close the lid. The connect an external keyboard and mouse and the screen will activate.

TEG

 

[Consultant]

Maximum resolution supported by MacBook is
1920 by 1200

 

[don't do it]

ok when i press detect displays nothing happens, when i restart do i need to turn the display off? And the closing of the computer didn't work either.

 

[mkrishnan]

Provide some more details...

What kind of display is it, specifically? I'm thinking, if this is a 32" display, it's actually an LCD TV and not a computer monitor? Are you sure the display is set to the right input? Have you ever successfully used this DVI cable for anything before?

 

[TEG]

Leave the display on, restart the computer. You may have to cycle the power of the screen for it to search for input if it has more than one input. Also, you should be able to either hit a button on the display to change input to DVI or Digital or it will be in the on screen menus.

TEG

 

[don't do it]

That did the trick thanks so much it was set to analog and now its on digital thanks a lot.

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

the macbook doesnt support that high res. the latest macbook uses the intel GMA X3100 and that can support a 24" or 26" display MAX. that 1920 x 1200 something res is the max it can go...