[pchelpers] Monitor stuck in power saver?

Hi Everyone.  I am having a problem with the monitor on my daughter's
computer.  We moved, and I'm trying to set up the computer again.  The
OS is Windows 98 SE, it's a desktop, and the monitor is an NEC
MultiSync P750.

I can tell by the sounds I hear that the CPU is doing what it should.
I can turn it on, and hear that it boots up ok.  I can shut it down
fine, too, using the windows, arrow, and enter keys.  I have no
picture at all, because the monitor goes into its powered-off state a
couple of seconds after I turn it on.  I've tried turning it on first,
and turning it on after the boot up was complete.  Makes no
difference.  Is there a key code you can use to recover from that
powered-off state?  Without a monitor, I don't know how to even begin
to stop it from doing that.

Also, could there be something mechanical wrong, such as a bad
connection in the cord or either of the plugs or sockets?  On the
chance that I'd hooked it into the wrong places, I tried all possible
combinations, but it always acts just the same.  I turn it on, I get a
green light, and immediately it clicks off and the light goes orange.

I should mention that this is one of those older monitors that has
detachable cords with a plug on each end.  The cord that connects
monitor to CPU has fifteen pin connectors, one in a three row and the
other in a two row configuration.  On the back of the monitor there
are two different sockets the cord could plug into, one a two row and
the other a three row configuration.  The three row socket is labeled
Signal Input, the two row is labeled D-Sub Connectors.

On the CPU there are three sockets the monitor could plug into.  There
is no color coding.  This is a Micron circa 1998.  The only three row
socket appears to be on the video card, but that would mean I ought to
have an adaptor on the two row end of the monitor's cord, and I can't
remember having had an adaptor there before.  There are two of the two
row sockets.  One is on the SoundBlaster sound card, and the other
plugs into the motherboard.  It's been six month since this was taken
apart, but I think the monitor plugs into the motherboard socket.  As
I said, when it didn't work the way I thought it should be hooked up,
I tried all possible combinations, but nothing worked.

I feel like a newbie with brain fog.  Please help.  :)

Kehrin

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