30-04-2011, 12:41 AM | #1 | ||
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Monitor won't start along with PC
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.
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30-04-2011, 01:34 AM | #2 | ||
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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. |
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01-05-2011, 10:06 AM | #3 | ||
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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.
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01-05-2011, 04:36 PM | #4 | ||
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I frankly don't know how someone can break a monitor cable, so it does sound like a dead monitor to me...
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01-05-2011, 06:25 PM | #5 | ||
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Turns out that the graphics card on this old PC was loose. My dad fixed it back into place and it works fine now.
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01-05-2011, 09:05 PM | #6 | ||
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Hadn't you tried with a second PC?
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02-05-2011, 12:16 AM | #7 | ||
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Same as Japo.
Both cards were loose? |
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02-05-2011, 12:55 PM | #8 | ||
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