[ddots-l] Re: Video Intercept Dialog gone - got video!
- From: Stacy Blackwell <stacy.blackwell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 11:08:11 -0500
Yeah, I know, I can't explain it. I figured that a monitor wouldn't affect a
driver, but I'm just wondering if the two sighted people inadvertedly moved the
monitor cable in a way that "bent" the plug in some way that connects to the
video card. Shucks, I don't have a clue. But I am now working on my personal
12 songs and have had no problems--in fact, I'd swear things are running more
smoothly.
In terms of prehistoric days, I use to have an old 486 PC that ran a decktalk
with DOS and WP51. I kept it in the corner of my studio just for writing
lyrics. Since JAWS is a must, there never has been a monitor hooked up to it.
And now, to tell the truth, I would be a bit reluctant to even consider
touching the video cable on the back of my DAW since my video intercept problem
is gone. Thanks, SLB
From: dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Video Intercept Dialog gone - got video!
Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 14:05:09 -0700
Stacy,
Excellent summary of the solution. And don't apologize for asking our help. I
for one have learned something very useful in all this. I have a monitor
connected to my DAW, which is only because I had one laying around that I could
use.
I had been imbued with the idea that whether I use a monitor or not, or whether
I even turn it on, it was always necessary to have one connected.
That may no longer be necessary with modern computers, but I never even
considered running without one.
In fact, a couple decades ago I thought it would be nice if a blind computer
user could do away with a monitor, if we could just have a dongle with a
video-emulation chip in it. But since monitors are fairly cheap these days, I
expect that such a customized dongle would cost more.
Again thanks for letting us know the solution.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Stacy Blackwell
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 13:52
Subject: [ddots-l] Video Intercept Dialog gone - got video!
Hi, all. Freedom Scientific taught me to get to the Device Manager treeview
and the Display Adaptor was not listed. She said to re-install the driver
and/or video card as the first step. Recall that I have swapped monitors with
the home PC--the DAW still had no video and the home PC worked well so I had
ruled out the montor as being the problem).
I brought the DAW to work for an assistive tech person to install the drivers.
She merely booted it with her monitor, and we never saw the Video Intercept
dialog at all. I went to the Device Manager and there sat the Display Adaptor
as an option. I felt so foolish and a bit embarrassed, but I have witnesses
that the video was not working prior to today. Our only conclusion at this
point is that the newly added monitor somehow reset the video driver and put
resolution and all back to normal. Baffling...
So, to find out the cause for this mess, I now have to hook everything back up
to the DAW and try to former monitor again. It's probably only a matter of
time before this happens again, so I'm planning on buying a new monitor. I
hope this is the solution. Sorry to bother you guys in thinking it was a
software issue. SLB
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