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Monitor Black After Start Up

I'm using it as a second monitor attached to a PowerBook Titanium G4 400mgz laptop. When I restart the screen will not come up immediately. The green light on the monitor power button blinks on and off, then solid green and still dark. I have pulled the power adapter out and then back in. That seems to work occassionally, but it still is hit or miss.

Do I need a driver for the mac? If so, where can I get it!

link_mailler Jan 24, 2009

I have found that my monitor takes about 6 minutes to warm up for some reason. The light blinks on and off for quite a while before it finally displays an image, but the image does come.

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The problem is not your monitor, but the video card on your computer that it doesn't work on. If the video output on your computer is built in, residing near your keyboard / mouse ports, you can purchase another video card to put into your computer and connect your monitor up to that instead. If it attaches to a separate card inside your computer, just replace it. There are three kinds you can get, AGP, PCI, or PCIe. Make sure you get one that will fit inside your computer.

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