Think this works in the 2001FP.
To access the service menu:
1. Turn off the monitor, hold 'menu ' and '+' buttons at the same time while turning it on.
2. After the power is on, let go of the 2 buttons and then press the '-' button.
You will see the panel model at the top and and a bunch of service mode options. DO NOT MESS WITH THESE or you could turn your monitor into a paperweight.
Peter,
not sure what to do here, I guess the problem could be with the monitor, Windows power management or your graphics card's handling of it. Try swapping the monitors and see what happens.
Ok, swapped the monitors and the behaviour stays with the port, in other words, if my computer goes into power save, both monitors go into power save if they are connected to the DVI port, but neither go into power save (but rather the self test) if they are connected to the VGA.
I tried the menu, + combo and that doesn't bring up a menu.
I will try a different panel (viewsonic) on vga and see if it enters power save mode.
Scenario 1 Acer and Viewsonic LCD's attached to VGA and DVI ports. Both monitors properly enter power save mode
Scenario 2 Both 2001FP's attached to a laptop (one at a time) vga port. Neither monitor enters power save mode.
This is obviously a setting or a defect in this series monitor (2001FP). Anyone have any other ideas on how to enter service mode or change the config so it actually power saves in VGA mode?
I had the same problem, spent hours searching for the answer, and finally found it.
-dave
_QUOTE_ url=http://lula.org/pipermail/lula_lula.org/2004-December/000417.html
This is admittedly off-topic, but I'm posting this in the hope that it
may help someone should it ever come up.
Problem desc:
Dell 2001FP LCD monitor doesn't enter DPMS powersave mode (displayed
self-test feature check box when the video enters powersave) when
connected via the Belkin F1DS104U KVM switch but works if directly
connected to the computer.
Solution:
I had switched my monitor from a Mitsuibushi CRT without changing out
the VGA cable. Switching to a different VGA cable did the trick.
Incidentally, even though the VGA cable I had was missing pin-5 and
pin-9, it's apparently pin-11 that's the sense pin. Further googling
suggests that pins 5 and 11 are sometimes tied to pin-10, so that
could be an explanation. My guess is that the Belkin uses pin-5 to do
monitor sense instead of the correct pin-11. So that when connected
directly, the DPMS mode of the 2001FP can still work properly.
Naturally, tech support (Dell & Belkin) weren't the least bit helpful.
To their credit though, they did respond and in a timely manner.
KevinR100
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October 21st, 2006 10:00
no, the Self-Test feature is something different - it pops up if the monitor cannot sense a video signal -
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To access the service menu:
1. Turn off the monitor, hold 'menu ' and '+' buttons at the same time while turning it on.
2. After the power is on, let go of the 2 buttons and then press the '-' button.
You will see the panel model at the top and and a bunch of service mode options. DO NOT MESS WITH THESE or you could turn your monitor into a paperweight.
Peter,
not sure what to do here, I guess the problem could be with the monitor, Windows power management or your graphics card's handling of it. Try swapping the monitors and see what happens.
howudodat
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October 22nd, 2006 23:00
I tried the menu, + combo and that doesn't bring up a menu.
I will try a different panel (viewsonic) on vga and see if it enters power save mode.
Peter
KevinR100
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howudodat
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October 25th, 2006 16:00
Scenario 1 Acer and Viewsonic LCD's attached to VGA and DVI ports. Both monitors properly enter power save mode
Scenario 2 Both 2001FP's attached to a laptop (one at a time) vga port. Neither monitor enters power save mode.
This is obviously a setting or a defect in this series monitor (2001FP). Anyone have any other ideas on how to enter service mode or change the config so it actually power saves in VGA mode?
Peter
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I had the same problem, spent hours searching for the answer, and finally found it.
-dave
_QUOTE_ url=http://lula.org/pipermail/lula_lula.org/2004-December/000417.html
This is admittedly off-topic, but I'm posting this in the hope that it
may help someone should it ever come up.
Problem desc:
Dell 2001FP LCD monitor doesn't enter DPMS powersave mode (displayed
self-test feature check box when the video enters powersave) when
connected via the Belkin F1DS104U KVM switch but works if directly
connected to the computer.
Solution:
I had switched my monitor from a Mitsuibushi CRT without changing out
the VGA cable. Switching to a different VGA cable did the trick.
Incidentally, even though the VGA cable I had was missing pin-5 and
pin-9, it's apparently pin-11 that's the sense pin. Further googling
suggests that pins 5 and 11 are sometimes tied to pin-10, so that
could be an explanation. My guess is that the Belkin uses pin-5 to do
monitor sense instead of the correct pin-11. So that when connected
directly, the DPMS mode of the 2001FP can still work properly.
Naturally, tech support (Dell & Belkin) weren't the least bit helpful.
To their credit though, they did respond and in a timely manner.
Shane
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