Why not try the new monitor on the old computer!

"Wayne" wrote in message
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Wayne

I would like some suggestions, please, to try on the following problem.
Computer is a HP, model 6353, about 8 years old. Has windows 98 OS.
Computer
and monitor was working fine but owner bought a new computer with XP. The
old
monitor was hooked up to the new XP computer, it worked fine, and the the
old
computer was set aside for approx. two weeks. The owner of the computer
bought a new monitor for the XP computer and she decided to set her old
computer again with the original monitor. After setting up the old
computer
again with the original monitor, which had previously worked fine with,
the
monitor will not come on and stays blank. When turning on the computer the
green light on the monitor will come on for a short time, as if it going
to
turn on but then will go back to amber and stays blank even thought the
computer is on and running. The monitor works fine on the XP computer so
the
monitor is good. The offending computer has on board video. When the old
computer was connected to the new monitor which is on the XP computer, the
words "---No imput signal----" showed on the screen. To me this would
indicate that the onboard video is not working. Since the computer is old
the
owner does not want to put much money in it. Even though I think the
onboard
video is not putting out any signal and is possibly bad, I cannot be 100
percent sure that this would cure the problem. Does anyone have any ideas
of
any others things that I may try without costing any money. I advised the
owner of the computer she may have to buy a used AGP video card and see if
that takes care of the problem. Since the monitor stays blank I cannot
even
disable or uninstall the old drivers if she does decide to buy an AGP
video
card. I know that this is the recommended procedure before installing
another
video card. Since I cannot see anything on the monitor I cannot enter the
bios or go into safe mode. I tried holding down the control button and
also
by tapping the f8 button but I could not get into safe mode. I also tried
getting into the bios by hitting f10 button, old compaq computer, but
again,
to no avail. Could the computer with the XP OS have done something to the
old
monitor to where it would work on XP but not on the original computer. I
do
not see how anything could have happened to the old computer that would
cause
this problem since it not being used since the owner had purchased the XP
computer Thanks for any suggestions