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Re: External monitor not waking

From	nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc
Subject	Re: External monitor not waking
Date	2018-04-26 10:31 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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In article <1nnust8.msdtdz1fj2a8xN%dcohenspam@talktalk.net>, Daniel
Cohen <dcohenspam@talktalk.net> wrote:

> > > >
> > > >> You are suggesting I spend a great deal of money when the answer may be
> > > >> something much simpler.
> > > >
> > > > what money? 
> > > >
> > > > according to what i found online, that display supports hdmi and
> > > > minidisplayport.
> > > 
> > > And according to Dell, it comes with a DisplayPort cable in the box:
> > > 
> > > <http://www.dell.com/ed/business/p/dell-u2414h/pd>
> > 
> > even better.
> > 
> > total cost: $0
> 
> Well, yes, for diagnosis, that's fine. 

that's the point - diagnose the problem.

once you know what's causing it, you know what needs to be replaced.

> But it would mean not having my
> external drives connected for a while, which would be a hassle.

only until you isolate the problem. 

you may be able to connect them in some other way until you figure out
what's going on.

> If I find the issue annoys me enough (most of the time everything is
> fine, but just from time to time it happens), that's what I will have to
> try.

intermittent problems are difficult to diagnose and most annoying.

> Any equipment can fail over the years,, though most fail early if they
> are going to fail, so it could be the Belkin or the cables.

a hub is more likely to fail than a cable.

>  But it has been solid until recently, and I think the change occurred
> after the upgrade to 10.13.4

10.13.4 is unlikely to have made a difference.

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External monitor not waking dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2018-04-25 08:15 +0100
  Re: External monitor not waking nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-25 05:22 -0400
    Re: External monitor not waking dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2018-04-25 13:41 +0100
      Re: External monitor not waking nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2018-04-25 08:23 -0600
        Re: External monitor not waking Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-04-25 14:46 +0000
      Re: External monitor not waking nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-25 11:51 -0400
        Re: External monitor not waking Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-04-25 16:19 +0000
          Re: External monitor not waking nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-25 12:23 -0400
            Re: External monitor not waking dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2018-04-26 08:09 +0100
              Re: External monitor not waking nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-26 10:31 -0400
              Re: External monitor not waking Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2018-04-29 11:20 +0100
                Re: External monitor not waking dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2018-04-29 19:15 +0100
                Re: External monitor not waking Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2018-04-30 17:35 +0100
    Re: External monitor not waking Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2018-04-25 15:46 -0400
  Re: External monitor not waking Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-04-25 14:38 +0000
  Re: External monitor not waking MartinC <noreply@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-26 13:27 +0200
    Re: External monitor not waking dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2018-04-27 07:30 +0100

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