[pchelpers] Re: Monitor stuck in power saver?


--just a hunch-- I have no experience with this, I am just guessing --

the cord that goes from the monitor to the computer.... can you reverse it
so the plug with 3 rows of pins goes to the computer video card and the end
with 2 rows of pins goes to the monitor?



----- Original Message -----
From: "Kehrin" <kehrin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Helpers" <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:17 AM
Subject: [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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