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| Thread ID: 105282 | 2009-11-25 20:50:00 | Monitor problem | lakewoodlady (103) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 833607 | 2009-11-26 03:41:00 | Has she bent the pins on the plug from the monitor? | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 833608 | 2009-11-26 06:55:00 | Ok, she phoned me this evening and said she is getting someone to fix it for her and they will charge only $20. When I had it at home on my bench it was plugged into a Philips 15' crt monitor and the res was 1024x760. It went fine and I had done all the updating from MS on it. I suspect she needs an adapter on her monitor cable just like the one that was on the old one here. She said her cable plugged into the blue socket ok. (the blue parallel port?) Funny cos I am still thinking that she needed an adapter on it. She is also going to ask the tech to check the graphics card to make sure it hasn't come loose on the trip in the car. Can't do much else, I sold the computer in good faith and certainly didn't expect any probs. But if she wants to return it then that is sweet, I have another buyer in line already, and I will happily refund the money no prob. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 833609 | 2009-11-26 07:11:00 | Blue socket maybe VGA. It'd be a bit hard plugging a monitor into a parallel port, it wont fit. Its too long | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 833610 | 2009-11-26 07:41:00 | Yes, my mistake Speedy, it is VGA. LL :blush: |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 833611 | 2009-11-26 10:06:00 | Edit: Wait a second "It boots up OK" so they see something on-screen at first? If that's the case then try rebooting into safe mode and set the resolution lower to like 1024x768 or 800x600 :) The fact that "Acer" shows up on the monitor means only that the monitor is working. A lot of LCD monitors will show their own logo when powered on before displaying the actual input (or message indicating lack thereof before switching to standby) So, either it's not plugged in properly or the PC isn't working. I'd say the video card or something else is loose/broken (most likely loose) If it was loose it would beep. Sounds to me like it could be a resolution problem, what did you have it at? Just because it's supposed to beep doesn't mean it will I have had many PC that did not beep and also did not POST. It always came down to 1 of 3 things: Loose connections, Severe hardware fault or dead BIOS battery. |
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