Re: No Monitor...!

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 07/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 01:24:10 -0700

Thank you all...I am pleased to announce I am sending
this post through my grandather's CPU.
I learned something tonight, I have never had a Video
card on my CPU so I didn't know that you needed to hook
the monitor up differently. Now I know and have
successfully updated this computer....
Ta! :o}
>-----Original Message-----
>armed with the last two posts...I have looked at the
back
>of his CPU again and indeed, there does seem to be a
>video card in the back...lo and behold...there also
seems
>to be a place for the monitor cord to hook up.
>I am about to turn off this CPU and see what I can do
>with his now...
>Thanks all :o}
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I think Mr. JAX took your term "CPU" a little too
>>literally and thought you were swapping the processors
>>inside the computers.
>>
>>Another suggestion is to check that the pins in the
>>monitor cable are not bent. If they are you will need
to
>>straighten them out with some needle nose pliers. Be
>>careful not to break them off if this is the case.
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Goodness, what a terse and condescending reply...at
any
>>rate, I apologize, I have a neuro-muscular disorder and
>>sometimes it goofs around with my short term memory, at
>>times it means that I get my words mixed up.
>>>What I have said is that I have taken the CORDS out of
>my
>>CPU (power,monitor, keyboard, mouse and LAN) and
>connected
>>them to his CPU and tried to start up.
>>>The monitor simply stays blank...
>>>--
>>>If sponges didn't grow in the ocean...how much more
>water
>>would there be ?!?
>>>
>>>
>>>"JAX" wrote:
>>>
>>>> What do you mean, "Took all of the connectors out of
>my
>>CPU, plugged them
>>>> into his and tried to start up" All processors are
>>either socket or slot. It
>>>> is a one connection deal for the processor. Perhaps,
>>someone else may
>>>> understand what you are saying, but I don't. If you
>>post back to this thread
>>>> with a little better detail perhaps someone will be
>>able to offer some
>>>> fruitful suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> JAX
>>>>
>>>> "PoohsHunnyBee"
>><PoohsHunnyBee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>message
>>>> news:66AB2857-D7CE-421E-B701-
>>7822BE9EA519@microsoft.com...
>>>> > Hi, am trying to work on my grandfather's computer
>at
>>my house. Took all
>>>> of the connectors out of my CPU, plugged them into
>his
>>and tried to start
>>>> up...cannot get the monitor to kick in. There IS
>power
>>to it, but windows
>>>> isn't recognizing the monitor maybe?!?
>>>> > Both computers are running XP.
>>>> > Please help :o}
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

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