stoopid monitor

[Flasharte]

i brought my tower to work today (boss is on vacation) so i could play a bit (like 8 hours) but the **** monitor here does not plug into my tower (different # of pins on the plug)
stoopid monitor. so i hope the forums are extra entertaining today, cause now im really jonesing!

[Impaqt]

i brought my tower to work today (boss is on vacation) so i could play a bit (like 8 hours) but the **** monitor here does not plug into my tower (different # of pins on the plug)
stoopid monitor. so i hope the forums are extra entertaining today, cause now im really jonesing!


Try plugging it into the Video Jack instead of the RS-232 jack.

THere are only 3 different jacks PC's use.

15 Pin VGA.
DVI
HDMI

Unless its a really new PC, you probably don't have HDMI. That leaves DVI or VGA.

VGA is often confused for RS-232. the shape of the connections are exactly the same, just a different pin configuration.

[MrWizard]

quick trip to computer store to get an adapter.

[Sirea]

quick trip to computer store to get an adapter.

/agree

My video card even came with one.

[Flasharte]

so did mine, it in a drawer at home. I was a little nervous about brinig it in ( on a whim while brushing my teeth before work) so i didn't really plan it all out very well. Maybe now i can join caffiene, as it was not strategically savvy!

[lad9669]

Older Apple monitor had a different pin config as well. I still have ran into some monitor with RGB connections too,

[JustWinBaby]

I don't know where you work, but if one of my users brought in their home PC and tried to plug it into our network (sorry I'm an IT Tech) I'd either have to kill 'em or I'd have to play DDO with them, depending on whether my boss is sick or not ;)