Does anyone have an old external DSL "Modem" they need to part with?
We might at work. I'll check tomorrow (if I remember). But I think my boss might have sold it on eBay.
ION, my Mac Mini does not agree with my Viewsonic VX 2000 LCD monitor. In areas of the display that should be black, there are all these red flecks that move rapidly across the screen, from right to left. The more black there is supposed to be on the screen, the more red specks (the density of specks increases too). If the screen is supposed to be all black, it is if fact almost completely red.
The monitor worked fine with my HP (before the HP died). Both the HP and the Mini have DVI output, which is the only thing I've used on the monitor. Yesterday I took the Mini to a Mac store, and they tested it with several Mac LCD DVI monitors and it worked perfectly. Mac tech support says that they won't do anything as they don't support non-Mac monitors, and the problem does not occur on a Mac monitor. I emailed Viewsonic tech support.
Google turns up nothing. I'm guessing there's not much that can be done, but I figure I'd throw this problem out there....
The system is for the most part usuable, although the DVD player is completely unusable due to this issue.
eta: The Viewsonic is 1600x1200. The Mini supports up to 1920x1200 (in DVI) and they tested it at that resolution. Using VGA, the Mini does not support the Viewsonic's resolution.
I would classify that as an "early adopter's pitfall." Generally there is no way to test every monitor out there before production, so it's problems like yours that finding the solutions for will help in updates by Apple or Viewsonic.
Doesn't make it suck less.
Do you have a VGA adapter for the Viewsonic to test and see if the problem occurs via the more indirect route?
The Viewsonic is 1600x1200.
It's fixed at that resolution? I have an old monotor that's a fixed resolution and it can be finicky.
Have you tried all resolutions or a variety of monitor profiles?
ave you tried all resolutions or a variety of monitor profiles?
It actually works at a lower resolution (well, I tested it about a minute that way and didn't notice the problem). Maybe that's an option for applications that produce the problem at 1600x1200. But it seem to me that in general, operating an LCD monitor at lower than maximum resolution would induce some distortion (just due to the mathematics of it).
But it seem to me that in general, operating an LCD monitor at lower than maximum resolution would induce some distortion (just due to the mathematics of it).
My experience is that it introduces black borders around the sides. Your results may vary.
tommy, my Viewsonic does that too. Reinstalling the drivers intermittently makes it go away. Also, one in every four or so time I boot it, the display is terribly frelled. But another boot and its fine.
tommy, my Viewsonic does that too. Reinstalling the drivers intermittently makes it go away.
Huh.
Crap.
Apparantly there are no Mac drivers for monitors. Or something.
I'm debating dropping the expensive Charter cable and internet and going to Qwest DSL.
If you do this, email me at the profile address. I work for Qwest, and, um, can get a few bucks if you do.
Make sure that any DSL modem you get will handle the following:
PPPoA (If you choose Qwest or MSN as an ISP. Other ISPs can use another protocol, if they choose)
DMT (as opposed to CAP)
Authentication (To pass a Username and password.)
The Cisco 678 (NOT 675) will do all of these, as is stable as hell. The downside is that they don't actually make it anymore, so you have to eBay it. Not overly cheap. I also hear good things about the Zoom modem. Qwest sells an ActionTec w/ built in wireless for $60, or rent for $5/mo.
AHEM.
Anyway, email me if you want. Also, anyone else in the 14-state Qwest region should email me, too, if they want . . . .
Is Gmail down for everyone, or just me?
