1. have you tried to use a different VGA cable? Check the cable
Cool.... that fixed my brothers flat screen. One of the pins was bent.
Cool... I just discovered I was testing with the wrong cable! The other
monitor is fine. Thanks for the help
> Mike,
> 1. have you tried to use a different VGA cable? Check the cable
> connectors for broken or missing pins.
> 2. If the monitor has a menu, check the menus - does the monitor have
> more than one input, like both a VGA input and a DVI input or even an HDMI
> input? One of my monitors has all three and the monitor's menu will allow
> me to choose which one. Normally it will default to whatever is plugged in
> but that may not be the case for your flat screen.
> 3. Do you have a special driver installed for your CRT monitor? If so,
> you may need to remove it. (but I realize that's not likely!)
> 4. Are the flat screens you have used? Are you sure they are in working
> order?
> 5. Have you tried leaving the monitor on and just shutting down and
> rebooting the computer? (It's stupid, but sometimes that works.)
>
> Jon
>
>
> On 08/27/2014 03:22 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
>> Well, both of them say, 'No signal detected', from two different
>> computers. As for the live cd thing I'll have to test that tomorrow when
>> I can get to a free computer.
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Stephen Partington
>> <cryptworks@gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Post screen is your bios. No drivers or os just a power On self test
>> (post) to see if the card is sending anything to the display.
>>
>> The use of a live CD was to see if it was an OS config issue or
>> not. I have had interesting moments where I had to define my
>> displays in detail before x would work. Not usually an issue much
>> anymore but this is a good check to see if it is the case.
>>
>> On Aug 26, 2014 9:16 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1@gmail.com
>> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> only have one graphics card. What do you mean when you say 'post
>> screen' or running it with a live CD? I am connecting it to
>> already running puters.
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Stephen Partington
>> <cryptworks@gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> On the same graphics card/device? Some devices will only run
>> x number of cards and if you are over x the new displays
>> will just never show. If there are only 2 total then it
>> should be ok. Do you get a post screen and have you tried a
>> live CD to see if they show?
>>
>> On Aug 26, 2014 8:20 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1@gmail.com
>> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I am connecting them to my VGA outputs.
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Stephen Partington
>> <cryptworks@gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> what are you connecting them to? your system might
>> not have the outputs enabled.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Michael Havens
>> <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I don't know. The plug coming out of the
>> monitors is VGA so I would think it would just
>> be like a regular monitor. Oh.... maybe I should
>> mention that crt monitors work and that these
>> flat screens are replacements for working CRTs.
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:07 PM, IscreamKid
>> <iscreamkid@gmail.com
>> <mailto:iscreamkid@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Or, perhaps the output you are using on CPU
>> box is set to other than the one you are
>> using. Nerve systems sometimes can't output
>> analog VGA and digital at the same time.
>>
>> Harold
>>
>> > On Aug 26, 2014, at 11:38, Brian Cluff
>> <brian@snaptek.com
>> <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Is there more than one input (vga, dvi,
>> hdmi). Perhaps you have the wrong input
>> selected and you simply need to select the
>> correct input.
>> >
>> > Brian
>> >
>> >> On 08/26/2014 11:29 AM, Michael Havens
>> wrote:
>> >> I got a couple of little flat screen
>> monitors and I plug them in and
>> >> turn them on and they say, "No signal
>> detected". Is there a secret to
>> >> getting them to work?
>> >> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>> >>
>> >>
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