computer won't turn monitor on

nutty1

i posted the other day that i had a faulty monitor, but when the monitor is unpluged from the back of the tower part the monitor comes say not pluged in.so the monitor is working, just won't work when its plugged in the back of the tower. do you think the connected where the monitor is plugged to is faulty. please help

Fonz_2

So the monitor will power up and display the 'no signal' message when its by itself? But won't display the output from the computer?

nutty1

yes that right

Browntoa

what make/model PC is it ??

want to see if it has a grahpics card on it's on the motherboard

nutty1

its a hp a708.uk. is this the model number

Browntoa

does the Screen plug into location 10 on this picture ?? or is it in a connector furthe down ??

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nutty1

yes it does

Browntoa

you may have lost the Motherboard graphics reading up on it

a standalone AGP graphics card will sort it (up to 8x)

Graphics connector (AGP)1 AGP 8X

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00211786&lc=en&cc=us&product=436507&dlc=

nutty1

where is the best place to get one and is it easy to install. and thank-you very much for your time. do you think it will be ok after having one fitted.

mar<

Your O/S may also be set to display a resolution too high for your monitor to support - if so, and if you want the higher resolution a new monitor is what you need!

Can you get to the BIOS screens at all, or interupt bootup by pressing F8? If so boot into VGA mode and change your screen resolution.

nutty1

can't get the screen to come on at all.