I need your expertise. After moving my computer from one cubicle at the Makerspace to another, I plugged in the monitor to the computer and it wasn’t receiving a signal from the computer. The monitor still works as I tried it with my other computer and it worked. I read some things on the net that said it was the graphics card, so I bought a new one. Unfortunately, the connector doesn’t fit with the monitor, so I will likely have to return it. Is there a way I could diagnose and repair the problem on the motherboard, or should I just reorder another graphics card?
BTW: The computer is a Dell Optiplex with what they call an SFF case (thinner than the traditional size). The new card fits the case, but the monitor has the plug for following type of connector.missing/deleted image from Google+
@Kyle_Kerr once I had a monitor with a bizarre connector on it and when I plugged it into a PC it only displayed a message, “No Display connected.” Which made me think, if a monitor isn’t connected why output a message to it? It also really ticked me off too. Because it was obviously working. Yet the computer just didn’t recognise it as a connected monitor. The moral of the story is too many connectors is not a good thing.
@Josh_Rhodes I think it was an old IBM monitor. I got the distinct impression the PC was outputting it to the monitor. It was like a 286 PC. So it was all real old and primitive stuff. Pre Dell.
@Paul_Frederick I remember those. That was when a 80 Meg Hard Drive was considered luxurious. And social media was bulletin boards, floppy disks were NOW 3.5” and laptops under 12 lbs were unheard of. Cell phones were the size of ham radios, but CB(s) were considered passé. 10-4 good buddy!