jdcurry
Well-known member
Hello,
I picked up an iBook a couple months ago; I'm trying to output VGA to a secondary monitor. I purchased an adapter off eBay (mini VGA to VGA); the OS (9.2) seems to see it (and it knows the name of my monitor (HP 27er)) but nothing displays on the other screen. I'm not sure if my computer monitor(s) are too new or maybe its a bad adapter or VGA cable... not really sure. The HP is the only monitor I have that has a VGA input, so I may need to check out some local thrift shops or something in search for an older monitor. I have not tried other VGA cables, but I have a plethora of them in a storage unit. Historically I haven't had many VGA cables fail on me so I was waiting to rule that one out.
I tried using the SwitchRes software to see if forcing different screen resolutions on the HP monitor would work (those that may not be natively supported by MacOS9/iBook) but I still just got a black screen in the end.
Specs of the HP monitor per the user guide:
So I plugged that information into the setup wizard in SwitchRes, clicked 'start test' and the HP monitor remained black.
...But it seems like the iBook detects something... which I think is a good sign? Switching between the resolutions doesn't change anything on the HP monitor.
I have also tried a VGA to HDMI adapter to hook up to a newer LG monitor and that also didn't work. I'm not sure if other adapters exist for the iBook that would work instead of mini VGA, but I'm assuming what I'm doing is the best way to go... I'm not sure if there is a Firewire to VGA or USB to VGA that is also MacOS9 compatible and doesn't run poorly...
Thanks for your time,
Josh
I picked up an iBook a couple months ago; I'm trying to output VGA to a secondary monitor. I purchased an adapter off eBay (mini VGA to VGA); the OS (9.2) seems to see it (and it knows the name of my monitor (HP 27er)) but nothing displays on the other screen. I'm not sure if my computer monitor(s) are too new or maybe its a bad adapter or VGA cable... not really sure. The HP is the only monitor I have that has a VGA input, so I may need to check out some local thrift shops or something in search for an older monitor. I have not tried other VGA cables, but I have a plethora of them in a storage unit. Historically I haven't had many VGA cables fail on me so I was waiting to rule that one out.
I tried using the SwitchRes software to see if forcing different screen resolutions on the HP monitor would work (those that may not be natively supported by MacOS9/iBook) but I still just got a black screen in the end.
Specs of the HP monitor per the user guide:
So I plugged that information into the setup wizard in SwitchRes, clicked 'start test' and the HP monitor remained black.
...But it seems like the iBook detects something... which I think is a good sign? Switching between the resolutions doesn't change anything on the HP monitor.
I have also tried a VGA to HDMI adapter to hook up to a newer LG monitor and that also didn't work. I'm not sure if other adapters exist for the iBook that would work instead of mini VGA, but I'm assuming what I'm doing is the best way to go... I'm not sure if there is a Firewire to VGA or USB to VGA that is also MacOS9 compatible and doesn't run poorly...
Thanks for your time,
Josh