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2408WFP, not going into sleep mode when connected to VGA
Hi,
I've got a pair of Dell 2408wfp's (A01 & A02), that are connected via a VGA kvm. When the computer turns the monitor's off, the monitors show a "No VGA Cable" message that bounces around the screen instead of allowing the monitor to go to sleep. Is there a way I can get the monitor to go into sleep mode instead of having the "No VGA Cable" message bounce around? Is it the KVM that is causing this?
Thanks
DELL-Chris M
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September 16th, 2009 08:00
Please test them without the KVM.
DannySleator
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November 13th, 2009 08:00
I have a very similar problem. I'm using the 2408WFP at work with my laptop. I'm using the DVI input to the monitor.
When I unplug the laptop to go home, the monitor will *NEVER* go into power save mode. When I come in the next morning, it is hot, and displaying the romaing "NO DVI-D1 Cable". I looked around for option settings that might change this behavior, but there are none.
So I have two questions. (1) Is there a way, other than having to turn it off manually each time, to make it sleep automatically when I disconnect the DVI cable?
(2) How can this monitor be called "energy star" with such atrocious energy wasting behavior in this very common situation?
---D. Sleator
DELL-Chris M
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November 14th, 2009 23:00
With nothing connected to the VGA, press the Input Source Select button and switch to VGA. Does the monitor go to sleep?
DannySleator
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November 16th, 2009 08:00
No. The monitor displays the roving "no VGA cable" box forever.
--DS
DannySleator
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December 3rd, 2009 12:00
Happened again last night --- stupid monitor stayed on all night long with no computer hooked up.
Nobody has anything to say about this? Can't we have a firmware upgrade that deals with this?
--D. Sleator
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December 3rd, 2009 13:00
DannySleator,
I just tested this on a 2208WFP and 2407WFP-HC. When they are on and the video card cable is disconnected, the no cable floating box appears, but the monitors do not go into any sleep mode.