Hi forum members, I was wondering whether any of you good people could help me with a problem that I am experiencing with my apple monitor.
I've just had a friend custom build me a PC , using an ASUS 8800 GTS graphics card.
For my monitor I am using an old style apple 23" cinema display, and so bought an ADC DVI adaptor - from the adaptor one lead plugs into the dvi input socket at the back of my computer, and one usb lead plugged into a USB port at the back of the computer also. Everything was going great for the first two weeks, but then the monitor would temporarily go blank (ie as if it was switched off or in sleep mode) for a second or two. Last Thursday, the picture would go off for long periods - the computer I assume was still working, because I could hear the windows start up sound, just couldn't see any picture. When the screen did come up, there was a message about not recognising the hardware, and the screen was dimmed. However after jiggling around with the wires, and switching USB ports at the back, the screen was bright and the situation seemed remedied.
Unfortunately yesterday I started having the same problem again soon after start up - the screen did not seem very bright and half way through digitising a CD in i-tunes, the screen went blank again. The CD kept playing, so the operating system seemed to be working no probs. However I could not get a picture up again, and after a hard re-boot, there was still no screen picture, though I could hear windows booting up. It's as if the screen is in permanent sleep mode which can not be woken up.
Can any good forum members recommend a remedy ? Or have experienced similar problems, or found a work around ? I don't really want to buy a new monitor, as I do like my apple monitor.
Thanks in advance
Mickey
I've just had a friend custom build me a PC , using an ASUS 8800 GTS graphics card.
For my monitor I am using an old style apple 23" cinema display, and so bought an ADC DVI adaptor - from the adaptor one lead plugs into the dvi input socket at the back of my computer, and one usb lead plugged into a USB port at the back of the computer also. Everything was going great for the first two weeks, but then the monitor would temporarily go blank (ie as if it was switched off or in sleep mode) for a second or two. Last Thursday, the picture would go off for long periods - the computer I assume was still working, because I could hear the windows start up sound, just couldn't see any picture. When the screen did come up, there was a message about not recognising the hardware, and the screen was dimmed. However after jiggling around with the wires, and switching USB ports at the back, the screen was bright and the situation seemed remedied.
Unfortunately yesterday I started having the same problem again soon after start up - the screen did not seem very bright and half way through digitising a CD in i-tunes, the screen went blank again. The CD kept playing, so the operating system seemed to be working no probs. However I could not get a picture up again, and after a hard re-boot, there was still no screen picture, though I could hear windows booting up. It's as if the screen is in permanent sleep mode which can not be woken up.
Can any good forum members recommend a remedy ? Or have experienced similar problems, or found a work around ? I don't really want to buy a new monitor, as I do like my apple monitor.
Thanks in advance
Mickey