Hi people.
I'm having quite of an interesting problem. I got my Samsung SyncMaster 215TW today, and was in great hopes of getting finally some more screen real estate ? at least before my new workstation arrives. So ? I took everything out of the box, plugged it to my VAIO Notebook.
But the problem itself is a peculiar one ? namely, I can't get a signal to the monitor from this computer. This being a "lower end" VAIO Notebook, it doesn't have DVI output, only D-SUB/VGA. What confuses me, is that my old 17" CRT works great with this machine. I have also tested a LG Flatron 1717 on this one, which also works without any problems. The 215TW works great on other computers though. I tested it on my old workstation, both with D-SUB/VGA and DVI, without any problems.
I have also confirmed that it's not a resolution/refresh rate issue, because while starting up the computer, the VGA output is automatically on, and nothing shows up on the 215TW. I have tried shuffling through the monitor settings, without any luck, as well as looking through possible display settings, as well as updating firmware ? and of course the basic "look through your sources".
So ? I'm exhausted on solutions. Is this a familiar kind of problem, has it happened to somebody else and was/is there a solution?
Oh, and the machine's normal specs (just in case) are;
Model: Sony VAIO VGN-FS195VP
CPU: Intel Pentium M 1.6GHz
Memory: 1GB
Graphics: GeForce Go 6200 (32MB)
I'm having quite of an interesting problem. I got my Samsung SyncMaster 215TW today, and was in great hopes of getting finally some more screen real estate ? at least before my new workstation arrives. So ? I took everything out of the box, plugged it to my VAIO Notebook.
But the problem itself is a peculiar one ? namely, I can't get a signal to the monitor from this computer. This being a "lower end" VAIO Notebook, it doesn't have DVI output, only D-SUB/VGA. What confuses me, is that my old 17" CRT works great with this machine. I have also tested a LG Flatron 1717 on this one, which also works without any problems. The 215TW works great on other computers though. I tested it on my old workstation, both with D-SUB/VGA and DVI, without any problems.
I have also confirmed that it's not a resolution/refresh rate issue, because while starting up the computer, the VGA output is automatically on, and nothing shows up on the 215TW. I have tried shuffling through the monitor settings, without any luck, as well as looking through possible display settings, as well as updating firmware ? and of course the basic "look through your sources".
So ? I'm exhausted on solutions. Is this a familiar kind of problem, has it happened to somebody else and was/is there a solution?
Oh, and the machine's normal specs (just in case) are;
Model: Sony VAIO VGN-FS195VP
CPU: Intel Pentium M 1.6GHz
Memory: 1GB
Graphics: GeForce Go 6200 (32MB)
