Welcome to the forums Keith :emotion-5:

 

 

So you've connected the MAC to your 24" Dell monitor via a DVI - HDMI cable, or a DVI - VGA cable, but nothing is showing on the screen?

Are you seeing anything at all - i.e. "No video signal is being received", or is the screen completely black? 

Is the cable you're using known to be working, because the connection should work (as if you need me to tell you that!)?

 

The MAC wouldn't have any special requirements, before you can use it with a PC screen would it - i.e. some kind of video signal switch?

I'm grasping at straws as you can tell, 'coz I've never used a MAC before :emotion-43:

Hello ... I have a similar problem except that I have a G3 MAC with a DVI connection and I'm trying to connect to my 2000FP DVI connection but all I get is a black screen ... the monitor and cable are both working right now on my Dell computer. Any ideas on how I can get them to recognize each other?

 

 

I got the problem fixed. It was a stupid thing actually. I didn't pick the right input for the cable. If you look on the monitor there is the power button and the button furthest to the left of that...push that a few times. Depending what DVI you have it plugged into, keep pushing it. For example, I have the MAC plugged into DVI-1 and the PC plugged into DVi-2. Pick which one you have it plugged to and then release the button and give it a couple of seconds and it should automatically switch. If it says "entering power save" mode, check the connections and make sure the G3 is on.

My problem I have been having is that I have static discharged next to monitor and blew my motherboard....luckily it is my work computer and all is well.

 

Hope that helps

Thank you for the response ... I was choosing the correct "select" button ... I think I've narrowed it down to the fact that the Monitor is D-Sub and my G3 is VGA .... I have a VGA/DVI connector that came with me MAC that I'm going to try so I can use the DVI on the monitor.

 

Thank you again ... your information helped me to know that I was going in the right direction.

 

Hi

 

I have a new 2209 Wa monitor connected to my Macbook pro and for some reason it dont work with a DVI cord.

A message shows up telling me that the monitor is  going into power safe mode???

If i use a VGA cord it works but who wants to edit photos in VGA?? Not me!

I even tried to connect my Mac with other monitors to eliminate other problems. All works fine with other monitors.

Mac support tried to help me but they cant find any problems in my Mac.

PLEASE...is there anyone with this issue??

HELP!!!!!!!!