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Predator86
05-31-2009, 03:51 PM
Hi all

Im not all that wise in the ways of the PC so I have a probably dumb question for the tech savy.

I just recieved a used hp desktop as a graduation gift and I cant get the monitor to come on. The tower will come on and I can hear the desktop chime when it boots up but all the monitor does is flash the little green light but wont show a picture? I can hold the button and make it go out but I cant make in consistently stay on or show a picture. I tryed hooking up my montior and cable from my last computer and it did the same light thing which it has never done before.

What did I miss?:-?

Thanks
enRo
05-31-2009, 04:01 PM
I just recieved a used hp desktop

Thats your first problem :lol:

Are you connecting the monitor to a card or an onboard video input? If your not that savvy to understand, are you plugging it in right by where the mouse/keyboard plug into, or towards the bottom where the "slots" are.
Predator86
05-31-2009, 05:32 PM
its plugged in by the mouse and keyboard....it dosent look like it will fit in anywhere else on the tower
bobb1589
05-31-2009, 09:43 PM
yeah, its probably the HP proprietary connection for VGA. Is there a white plug near the slots on the computer tower? Most likely you will see it there (It should look something like this) http://i5.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/ee/e6/aff7_1.JPG . You will need to either get the plug from HP (or whoever gifted it to you) or get a little converter that fits in and converts to whatever you are using. I am assuming its VGA (blue connector).
FlyingDutchman
05-31-2009, 10:17 PM
edit:

is that dvi or vga?
bobb1589
05-31-2009, 10:42 PM
edit:

is that dvi or vga?

it's neither... its something that hp uses for their graphics cards... it is reallllly annoying because it can be confused with dvi
Predator86
06-02-2009, 09:17 PM
i figured it out....apparently there was some kind of video card installed into it that makes it only work if your hooking up a twin monitor system or something i dunno

anyway the problem os fixed,thanks guys
FlyingDutchman
06-02-2009, 09:44 PM
i figured it out....apparently there was some kind of video card installed into it that makes it only work if your hooking up a twin monitor system or something i dunno

anyway the problem os fixed,thanks guys

oooohhhh i know exactly what your talking about i just set up an HP with that thing at skool and wouldnt you know it i had the same results :lol:
bobb1589
06-02-2009, 10:56 PM
it works without the twin monitor, you just need the proprietary cable...