External display - getting it to sleep when the computer display sleeps
Hello
I recently bought an Acer H203H monitor and have it connected to my MacBook via the DVI connection. I would like the external monitor to dim and sleep much like the built in monitor does but cannot seem to figure out how to do this. If the computer goes to sleep, the external monitor will go in to standby mode.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Duane
exactly the same here. 2011+dell 24"
i called apple hotline and they did this with me:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
and
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
after this the external monitor went to sleep flawless. ... but as soon as some usb-ports are busy (with an external drive or something) - even when everything falls asleep the external monitor keeps on again.
but a least without the usb the monitor now falls asleep too - so there is hope!
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