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Re: External monitor not waking

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc
Subject	Re: External monitor not waking
Date	2018-04-25 16:19 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<fkbo3oFqc21U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2018-04-25, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <1nntf75.wt7661j3i5vaN%dcohenspam@talktalk.net>, Daniel
> Cohen <dcohenspam@talktalk.net> wrote:
>
>> > the first thing to try is get rid of the belkin dock. belkin relabels
>> > cheap chinese crap.
>> 
>> May be the ultimate solution, but definitely NOT the first thing.
>
> absolutely the first thing to try. 
>
>> 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>

> you said your mac is a 2011 macbook pro, which has thunderbolt &
> mini-displayport in the same connector.

So he can connect it straight to the computer.

> if it solves the problem, you know it's the belkin. if not, then
> further investigation is needed.

Yep.

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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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