LCD monitor not working with mac ibook

[rena]

Hi, i've been having a lot of computer problems the past couple of weeks,

I got an Samsung LCD 206BW 20" monitor a couple of weeks ago and i've been using it with my PC, and it's been working fine. I had to order a cable to connect the digital screen cable to my G4 ibook. So i got that in the mail today and hooked it up, but it's not working for me. I called Samsung when i got the monitor just to make sure that it's compatible with macs and they said it's just plug and play. So i don't know if there's something wrong with the VGA cable connector or if i have to set something up on the mac?

I thought macs were supposed to be more user friendly than pcs, so far i'm not convinced...

 

[Muirdach]

Hi Rena,

Have you looked in System Preferences>Displays? I haven't tried connecting an external monitor to my Macbook, but most likely you will have to tell it which display to use. Hope that helps.

 

[rena]

Hi Muirdach,
yeah, i've looked in system pref>displays, which is where it would make sense to have something, but all it's got is screen resolution and colour profile, nothing about setting up screen connections