Hi,
I have finally decided on a monitor. My first Samsung was defective, so I returned it. I went with a Dell, which was blurry. I went back ot a Samsung because the picture quality, was, hands down, the best.
Anyway, because I've changed monitors several times, I know for certain, that I've left the "Stand Off" screws in the computer.
The hookup cable is definitely VGA.
Adrian, you win a prize...you were right when you answered my question in a previous post. Good job
Adrian: "There is a possibility that when you detached the old monitor you probably unscrewed the "Stand Off" screws as well...
can you verify that these are still attached?
Graphic Artist & Pre-Press Tech."
Anyone know how to get these out?? Adrian?
Thanks!!!
Patty
Hello Patty; Most of the time they just screw in but some maybe fixed to the card. ( you can buy the standoffs at Radio Shack.)
George
George,
I might be wrong, but I think they are still in the card. The cable hook up won't go in all the way. I know that I have the correct cable. Would getting new stand offs solve my problem?
These are what won't go in all the way...
My old CRT monitor cable would screw in correctly. The problem started when I got a new monitor.
Thanks,
Patty Powers said:Anyone know how to get these out??
I started answering how to remove them, but ... actually I think you don't want to do that. Those spacers are intended to stay where they are, they are not intended to come out with the cable (but they frequently do, and that is what yours seems to have done).
Anyway, it is the two that stayed on the end of the cable that you need to remove, not the ones in the computer. To do that, grip the spacer with a pair of pliers and at the same time unscrew the knurled knob that you would normally use to secure the cable into the computer.
Patty Powers said: These are what won't go in all the way...
Oh? Have you posted the wrong picture? Those are USB cables -- you won't be using those for a monitor.
Edit:
Except possibly if the monitor contains some speakers. But you will still need a video cable of some sort (vga, dvi, hdmi)
Hmmm, hdmi looks very similar to USB -- maybe that is what you have?
This is a HDMI cable:
If you have one of those, and if its the only video output on your computer, then you may need something like this but check your monitor to verify whether it needs male or female and whether it has 2 or 3 rows of pins at the monitor end of the cable.