15 Jan
2005
15 Jan
'05
2:33 a.m.
On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 21:49 +1000, Dr. Ido wrote:
Did you try connecting an external monitor? I'm
pretty sure they have a
CGA video output. Otherwise, from memory the same display panel was used
in the Compaq Portable III and a couple of other machines. Of course if
the problem in your 3100 is not the plasma panel, but the video on the
motherboard this will not help.
The problem seems analog - my worry was not the
legibility of the
screen, I could probably semi-blind-copy the documents, but if this was
indicative of an impending PSU BBQ party. It seemed like one of those
parts that would be very anal about voltage variations...
I have a VGA monitor, no CGAs around, but I also have a 9-pin to 15-pin
male-male cable - but aren't the voltages different?
--
Tore S Bekkedal <toresbe(a)ifi.uio.no>