I.T Boys i need you help

[crackdownuk]

Just go a new computer ( well never than the one im using now:o ). But i cant plug the monitor in the back of the new one :( it seems to a different connection ie male connector, instead of the usual female connector

is this common??? where can i get the parts from or whos willing to give me the parts:p ;)


all help much appreciated as i dont know that much about computer ( and its shows:o )

i will try and get a pic if that will help???

[ATrull]

pictures would help :D

[Sabrex]

Monitor connections are usualy the same over the range to PC;s
On the back should be your signal port usualy coloured blue.
Do you have a Flat screen monitor or CRT ?

[Mark]

you sure your looking at the monitor port and not the COM port

[crackdownuk]

i get some pics lads:o as my explanation probably wasnt the best :rolleyes: i 99% certain it is the monitor port as it seems exactly the same shap apart form they are both male connections

Sabrex - no CRT or flat screen my friend :( just a standard normal 15" monitor ( which cane with my old computer )


thanks:thumbs:

[John Bennett]

Pretty much every home PC in the last 10 years has a 15-pin female D-type VGA connector.

It's not missing the graphics card by any chance?

[Sabrex]

Maybe the VGA port is onboard the motherboard on this one which means its up nearer the top. .....
?

Is it onboard or a VGA card?

[voodoo_melon]

Originally posted by Nismo Mark
you sure your looking at the monitor port and not the COM port :nod:
VGA and serial ports *are* exactly the same shape. Serial port only has 9 pins though (2 rows, 5 and 4) whereas a monitor port has 15? pins in 3 rows. Serial will be male (plug) and vga female (socket) on the back of the pc.

[crackdownuk]

ohhhh god the shame:o :o it must have been the com1 port like mark said:D i got it working now :) well sort off

It seems to sort of crash, and wont let me use the keyboard or the mouse :( even though it does on the start up:confused:

it running proffessional 2000, can i deleted this and put windows 98 on??

if i can how do i do it??? can you do it from the start up menu, when the computer first start or do you have to use a boot disk??

thank you as i need all the help i can get :)

[paul180sx]

i would try and stick to win 2k, or better still blag win xp off somebody. how far do you get before your mouse and keyboard give up? are they plugged in the right way round - i.e. mouse in the mouse port, keyboard in the keyboard port?

[crackdownuk]

Originally posted by paul180sx
i would try and stick to win 2k, or better still blag win xp off somebody. how far do you get before your mouse and keyboard give up? are they plugged in the right way round - i.e. mouse in the mouse port, keyboard in the keyboard port?

hi matey ideally i wanna stick with 2k but i dont know how i am gonna get roud it :( the keyboard are in the rights slots although i will double check :)

dont get very far i am afraid, that why i wanna delated it all and start again

How do i check the spec of the computer from the start screen???

thank you for your time

[paul180sx]

as you're booting up you should see a message that says something like 'press <a key> to enter setup' and it will tell you which key. it's usually del, esc or f1 or combination of them. this will take you into the bios setup screen and you can get some specs from there - cpu speed amount of ram etc.

there may also be a key you can press to show the POST (power on self test), this will show if your keyboard/ mouse/ hd etc is being recognised at start up

it's hard to troubleshoot this sort of stuff without seeing it. it would also help if you could try and get windows to boot into safe mode to see if it runs ok without all the drivers and stuff loaded. try restarting and see if you get this option

also, if you can get started up, go to start - run and type 'eventvwr' this will show you the logs. look at the system log and it may tell you what's failing.

good luck :)

[crackdownuk]

jesus what an idiot i am :o i put the mouse in the keyboard slot and the mouse in the keyboard :( :rolleyes:

so it seems to be working now :) how do i check the spec of the PC??? can you do it through the control panel???

sorry i know these are probably really basic question but i just aint got a clue :(

[mattpayne]

go to http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php download and run this... it will tell you the spec of the processor and memory... :thumbs:

[crackdownuk]

Originally posted by Skyline_Matt
go to http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php download and run this... it will tell you the spec of the processor and memory... :thumbs: THANKS MATT :) and to everyone who given me help :) the computer seem sto be fully working now and am quite pleased :) just got to get the speakers working and then i gonna be a very happy man :)


thank you all:wave: :notworthy