Q: Compatible monitor for 15" PowerbookG4
I recently picked up a used 15" Powerbook G4 for my brother, and am rejoining the Mac world - albeit with rather old equipment. He prefers the desktop experience, so I picked up a Dell monitor which had a DVI output. I connected it to the Powerbook, and the monitor seemed to know it was connected (the screen changed), but I didn't get any real output on the screen. I followed instructions posted elsewhere on this site to enable the monitor...to no avail.
My husband was a software engineer - and therefore handled all of these things. Unfortunately, he passed away - so I'm trying to figure out how to do all of this "stuff". My guess is that the monitor wasn't compatible. How do I find out if a monitor is compatible (before I buy another one!).
Thanks for the help.
PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.5.5)
Posted on Aug 13, 2011 9:25 AM