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Wayne

I will try to answer all the questions within this one post. I have checked
the pins in the data cable and they are fine. They are all straight. The
owner of the computer was the one that advised me that the old monitor worked
fine on the new computer but will not work on the old computer. At this time
I do not know if she used the new cable or the original cable when she
checked the monitor with the new computer. I have two monitor cables here at
my house that I will try. The "no input signal" that shows up on the new
computer does not show up when the old computer is hooked up to the old
monitor. I have removed and reset the cable several times, but to no avail.
Like I said in the first message I cannot get anything to show up on the
computer to be able to get into safe mode or into the BIOS so I can not do
any troulbleshooting. I will try a new power cable on the monitor which I
doubt very seriously will help. After that the only thing I know to do is to
tell her to buy a video card and we can try that. Her computer has one open
PCI slot and one open AgP slot that we could use. Thanks for everyones help.


"PCR" wrote:

That's a strange one & is reminiscent of the occasional thread in which just moving a machine from one location to another causes a boot problem. I think AlmostBob could have it. Also, did you try using the same cable that works with the new machine?

I guess jiggle the connector at the computer end. Open the box, & poke around inside. Un/re-plug all connectors. Blow out the dust bunnies.

But there may be something about computers that just doesn't like to be moved or shut for extended periods of time.


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

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| Wayne
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| 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