Hi,
I recently acquired and old 20" monitor from work (Philips Brilliance 2010(4CM2799)) which had a broken RGB cable. I bought a new 5x BNC to 15pin cable from my local Maplins, the shop assitant assured me that this cable would be ok even though it did not have an earth strap like the old one had. When I got the cable home I connected it to its corresponding connection on the back of the monitor and then into my Geforce4 ti4400. Switched my PC on, the hard drive spun up and then nothing! The light HD came on then went out after about 30 seconds. I then unplugged the philips monitor and plugged my iiyama back in, switched my pc back on and the same happened.
So I took all the normal steps of unplugging everything and putting it all back together. Still the same happens - nothing!!!
Could this beast of a monitor have killed my graphics card and motherboard (Asus A7N8X DELUXE) with the flick of a switch? Please help?? Any suggestion gratefully recieved...
I recently acquired and old 20" monitor from work (Philips Brilliance 2010(4CM2799)) which had a broken RGB cable. I bought a new 5x BNC to 15pin cable from my local Maplins, the shop assitant assured me that this cable would be ok even though it did not have an earth strap like the old one had. When I got the cable home I connected it to its corresponding connection on the back of the monitor and then into my Geforce4 ti4400. Switched my PC on, the hard drive spun up and then nothing! The light HD came on then went out after about 30 seconds. I then unplugged the philips monitor and plugged my iiyama back in, switched my pc back on and the same happened.
So I took all the normal steps of unplugging everything and putting it all back together. Still the same happens - nothing!!!
Could this beast of a monitor have killed my graphics card and motherboard (Asus A7N8X DELUXE) with the flick of a switch? Please help?? Any suggestion gratefully recieved...