Computer screen blank is it monitor or something more sinister?

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Hi

Having just upgraded my hard disk and DVD drive I attemptted to restart my PC, Intially the power was interminating upon which I rapidly switched it off, however there was a musty smell from the power pack. I rechecked all connections and everything seemed fine and attemptted another restart in which all seemed well except the monitor didn't click into life from standby. I checked the monitor cable and noticed a pin missing from the monitor lead (the 2nd on the right middle row) and concluded that this was the problem. However I wanted some advise as didn't want to buy a monitor for nothing. I was also concerned about the previous power failure and smell although this has since gone and was possible caused by a cloggged fan which I have subsequently cleaned.

Any advise would be brilliant.
 
Unlikely to be the PSU if all is well now. I've had a cable snag a PSU fan before and it produced a big cloud of blue smoke and a horrible burning smell. But it's working fine 24/7 three months down the line. Have you seen an image from your computer on another Monitor to verify it's working?

I'm wondering how you managed to lose a pin on your monitor cable?

Before buying a new Monitor try a replacement Monitor cable.

If the cable is hard wired to the monitor this makes things a little more awkward. You'll either have to hard wire a new cable/plug to the inside of the monitor or fit a new VGA plug to the end of the existing cable. If you don't feel capable of doing this (and you'll need either a crimp tool or soldering iron to do the job) have it carried out by a shop/dealer.

Good luck.
 
there's supposed to be a pin missing on a d-sub connection.

king when you boot the machine, what exactly happens?

any display at all and any time during boot?

if you turn on your speakers on can you hear the windows noise as it boots?

any light's on front of machine?

and fan noise?

my money's on either PSU blown or MOBO. leaning towards MOBO if there's power. we'll see.
 
as sinister as can be

Techy said:
there's supposed to be a pin missing on a d-sub connection.
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hes rite there AGAIN! :) well there is one pin missing on mine.

i think u should reseat your cpu. just take off the fan take out the cpu and click it back in place.


try it and see for yourself.
 
CPU why?

thats the last reseat that i'd do

is there theory behind your madness? ;)
 
Techy said:
CPU why?

thats the last reseat that i'd do

is there theory behind your madness? ;)
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Yes, it worked for him ;) There again though, it had been taken out and replaced prior to probs...

I thought there was a missing pin on a vga plug, the lead I checked before I posted was a male to male seperate monitor lead with all pins present, hence my confusion, sorry bout dat.

It would therefore probably be a good idea to check out both computer and monitor with seperate monitor and computer respectively, which would identify the culprit here.
 
yeah, depends on situation though flops, if you start reseating the cpu in a situation like this then you'll most probably cause more probs thatn you'll solve.

we'll know more and be able to make a better judgement once we get a responce to my questions.

:)
 
Techy said:
yeah, depends on situation though flops, if you start reseating the cpu in a situation like this then you'll most probably cause more probs thatn you'll solve.

we'll know more and be able to make a better judgement once we get a responce to my questions.

:)
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Er, yes, I agree with you. Totally agree with you in fact, re-seating CPU definitely not a good idea. Hmm, I really must try harder to explain myself it seems. This was probably not sufficient, sorry:

There again though, it had been taken out and replaced prior to probs...
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I would not ever, for one moment, suggest reseating the CPU as a first instance in troubleshooting. I mean, come on, it's locked down hard, how would it ever manage to dislodge? Unless heatsink had become loose, in which case it would probably fry first anyway.
 
not sure what you gettin at flops, possibly me being tired.

ignore that, just reread it, we talking about one previously where reseating the cpu worked?

i didn't mean to be funny when i said that, just pointing out the obvious for something to say.

need sleep, i'm all confused. :confused:
 
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Techy said:
not sure what you gettin at flops, possibly me being tired.

ignore that, just reread it, we talking about one previously where reseating the cpu worked?

i didn't mean to be funny when i said that, just pointing out the obvious for something to say.

need sleep, i'm all confused. :confused:
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Ah, no probs. Lemme see, psd99 took out his CPU, I can't remember what for, when he put it back, nothing worked. He was advised to reseat it, he did, it worked.

He saw this prob in this thread and based on his experience he recommended reseating CPU.

You asked him why. I replied 'Cos it worked for him' That was meant to be a little tongue in cheek as I assumed you may have been familiar with his other thread/posts detailing his probs.

Then you advised me that reseating the CPU may cause more problems than it solves. Hence my last post.

Which, to me, meant I hadn't really explained myself well enough. My brain hurts, lol ;)

Hey, look, really, absolutely no ill feeling on my part 'k? I just doubting my ability to express myself, is all.

Hope tommorow you is rested well :)
 
no ill feeling here whatsoever, i just got confused.

it was me that recommended he reseated his cpu in his thread which worked. i was just pointing out as i'm sure you know that it isn't always best practice in early troubleshooting.

don't think i've ever been so confused in my life. lol

all the best flops.
 
all these arguments? just for me?

i am impressed! :) yes rightly so just gave the advice that i was given!!
 
sorry just have to stop the last post being at 9:11

that number comes up too many times a day for me its very very scary.
 
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