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NYC_SKP

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6. It wasn't that I thought the cable might be bad, just to say that your monitor should plug easily...

Reply to kentauros (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 11:18 AM

Jan 2013

...into a lot of other PCs or signal sources if it has that classic DB15 VGA cable.

Even a laptop could be used to test the monitor if you had the right adapter (video out to VGA).

Just to see if you could get a picture on it, and if you didn't then your video card would probably be OK and your monitor dead.

Or, if you could find another monitor to try with your PC, to nail down one or the other (video card or monitor).

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Dead monitor? Or graphics card? [View all] kentauros Jan 2013 OP

I would try to find another PC to use to see if the monitor works. NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #1

The cable is as new as the card. kentauros Jan 2013 #3

It wasn't that I thought the cable might be bad, just to say that your monitor should plug easily... NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #6

I'd do that, kentauros Jan 2013 #9

Thanks! NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #15

Of course, I couldn't FIND my previous DVI cable. kentauros Jan 2013 #24

Glad everything is working discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #27

did you post from a laptop or a smart phone? Downwinder Jan 2013 #2

I'm posting from work. kentauros Jan 2013 #4

Somebody have a laptop you can hook the monitor to? Downwinder Jan 2013 #5

Like I said above, kentauros Jan 2013 #10

It sounds like the light source for the monitor died. RC Jan 2013 #7

I'm thinking that it's the monitor as well. kentauros Jan 2013 #11

I had a bad graphics card (on a Mac.) OnyxCollie Jan 2013 #8

I think it is, too. kentauros Jan 2013 #12

Have you tried adjusting any of the other controls on the monitor? lastlib Jan 2013 #13

I tried that kind of thing last night, kentauros Jan 2013 #14

if the monitor is indeed dead, you don't lose anything by twiddling the controls. lastlib Jan 2013 #22

When I got home this evening, I tried all the other tests kentauros Jan 2013 #23

Most monitors complain when they have no input MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #16

Except for the fact that kentauros Jan 2013 #17

Turn your computer off, and your monitor on demwing Jan 2013 #18

I don't remember what card it is, kentauros Jan 2013 #19

if you don't see the startup screens at boot demwing Jan 2013 #20

Thanks! kentauros Jan 2013 #21

Thank you all for your help! kentauros Jan 2013 #25

Bravo! NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #26

Message auto-removed KracevayaKoshka Feb 2013 #28

Inverter for backlight skorpo Feb 2013 #29