Monitor won't start along with PC

[ianfreddie07]

Um... for some reason, the CRT monitor in my old PC doesn't turn on when I turn on the PC itself. It does respond when I open the AVR. It doesn't make an orange light (which indicates CPU-related problems, I think) but it does show a green, blinking light (which is idle mode). The model is a Samsung Magic SyncMaster FD173AP. Unplugging-replugging the power used to work, but now it doesn't.

I tried plugging the monitor to this other PC, and the same thing happened.

[KrazeeXXL]

well, when I got it right... you tried the same CRT on two different pc's... and still got this green blinking light...

did you exchange the cables yet? may be a cable-break.

[Japo]

Either the computer isn't sending any signal, or the monitor is broken, or the cable. Since you tried it with two different computers... Let's hope it's the cable.

[Eagle of Fire]

I frankly don't know how someone can break a monitor cable, so it does sound like a dead monitor to me...

[ianfreddie07]

Turns out that the graphics card on this old PC was loose. My dad fixed it back into place and it works fine now.

[Japo]

Hadn't you tried with a second PC? :sneaky:

[Eagle of Fire]

Same as Japo.

Both cards were loose? :whistling:

[Japo]

Ian :lynch: