--Well Eric,
What you said made me get up and look again,however,there are no pins bent
or in contact with each other or the metal housing,so I can't imagine what
is causing the problem.Could it have anything to do with what's inside the
machine?Is there some way that when I connect the cable to the 'puter that
so ething inside of it shorts?
Thanks(to everyone),
Tony


>Pardon us for redundancy, but the VERY likely reason for what you
>describe is shorted pins.  Not just bent (although that IS what Paul and
>I said).  Sometimes they are flattened to 90 degrees of their proper
>position and laying against other pins.  If you don't look carefully
>into  the connector, it ~can~ be missed.  It can't hurt to be aware of
>this (for ALL of us, cause it's common), and I've salvaged monitors
>tossed by "experts" for it.  It can't hurt to check again...
>HTH,
>Eric
>Paul A. Shippert wrote:
>>
>> Greetings, Tony et. al.--
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TONY LODGE <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>> >replacing the cable that connects the monitor to the
>> >video card?
>>
>> >No I didn't do that as it is one of those types that are
>> permanently
>> >attached.Up to this however it has worked fine,no problems at
>> all.
>> >Tony
>>
>> I believe another poster may have suggested this, but are all the
>> pins inside the coupler (of the connecting cable from monitor to
>> PC) straight, unbroken, and not in contact with the metal housing
>> (causing a short there)?
>>
>> HTH,
>> Paul A. Shippert               Library/Media Specialist
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