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angrynerd · 05-25-2014, 08:21 PM

I recently bought an AOC 1659Fwu and played with it on my 13'' MBP. Wanted to sum up my experience but didn't find time so far.

I used to have the issues similar to what you're experiencing, and what helped was the new USB cable. Seems the cable AOC sells you is a crappy one. Replacing it makes the display more stable, but not near enough stable to consider it a working solution.

From time to time the monitor is turning black, then white, then back to normal picture again -- all within a couple of seconds. And sometimes it flashes red-green-blue and not displaying the image properly.

BTW, for me the 2.1 driver didn't work at all. The only thing I got was a warning saying my monitor model isn't supported and I should update to the latest version of the driver (wat?). So I guess the only option for me is 2.2 beta.

UPDATE: after I wrote this I decided to give it another try with the 2.1 version of the driver -- and now it worked. Probably again the USB cable is to blame. No improvements with the performance though: same dropouts and red-green-blue cycles again and again. I think I'm going to give up.

05-25-2014, 08:21 PM	#5
angrynerd Junior Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 3	USB cable I recently bought an AOC 1659Fwu and played with it on my 13'' MBP. Wanted to sum up my experience but didn't find time so far. I used to have the issues similar to what you're experiencing, and what helped was the new USB cable. Seems the cable AOC sells you is a crappy one. Replacing it makes the display more stable, but not near enough stable to consider it a working solution. From time to time the monitor is turning black, then white, then back to normal picture again -- all within a couple of seconds. And sometimes it flashes red-green-blue and not displaying the image properly. BTW, for me the 2.1 driver didn't work at all. The only thing I got was a warning saying my monitor model isn't supported and I should update to the latest version of the driver (wat?). So I guess the only option for me is 2.2 beta. UPDATE: after I wrote this I decided to give it another try with the 2.1 version of the driver -- and now it worked. Probably again the USB cable is to blame. No improvements with the performance though: same dropouts and red-green-blue cycles again and again. I think I'm going to give up. Last edited by angrynerd; 05-25-2014 at 08:40 PM.