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05-31-2009, 03:51 PM
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Computer guys help please?
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
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Last edited by Predator86; 05-31-2009 at 03:58 PM.
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05-31-2009, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Predator86
I just recieved a used hp desktop
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Thats your first problem 
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.
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05-31-2009, 05:32 PM
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its plugged in by the mouse and keyboard....it dosent look like it will fit in anywhere else on the tower
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8/26/07 Just reached 160K and running great!
1/15/09 Just reached 180K and still running great!
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05-31-2009, 09:43 PM
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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).
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Last edited by bobb1589; 05-31-2009 at 09:44 PM.
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05-31-2009, 10:17 PM
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edit:
is that dvi or vga?
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05-31-2009, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 97camaro
edit:
is that dvi or vga?
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it's neither... its something that hp uses for their graphics cards... it is reallllly annoying because it can be confused with dvi
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06-02-2009, 09:17 PM
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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
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06-02-2009, 09:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Predator86
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
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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
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06-02-2009, 10:56 PM
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it works without the twin monitor, you just need the proprietary cable...
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