[SOLVED] Monitor says "Input not supported" on boot

Hnry · **Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:06 am

Solved by using DVI cable instead of VGA.

Original message wrote:

When I boot EB4 beta from USB, it works fine until the "Normal display" or similar box appears in the upper right corner. After that screen goes blank and my monitor gives me the "Input not supported" box.

Anyone else experienced this and found a fix? Pretty much every other distro works fine so I guess it's a software problem. (Or software-hardware compatibility problem or something. I don't know.)

Graphics card: Ati Radeon 9600
Monitor: HP w19

bryantthesmith · **Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:13 am

I haven't tried my Radeon 9600 with Aurora yet, but on earlier distros I had problems with the card when I was using the VGA connector in Linux. I typically couldn't get the radeon 9600 to play nice with Linux unless I used the DVI connector. Are you using DVI or VGA?

Hnry · **Posted:** Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:18 am

That might be the problem. I was thinking about that when I tried for the first time like a month ago but never found my DVI cable. I'll try to find it again.

I'll come tell the result when I find the cable.

EDIT:
Solved by using DVI cable instead of VGA.

But I realised the computer is lower performance than my Eee PC 901 but with alot more power usage and noise. Maybe I'll just try to live with low capasity SSDs.

[SOLVED] Monitor says "Input not supported" on boot

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