I just replaced a graphics card in my home computer. The monitor sporadically would go to sleep at the most inopportune times in which I was tempted to think it was watching what I was doing hahahah and laugh that I would have to restart completely to make everyone happy again.
I isolated the issue by plugging in another 27" monitor via HDMI....no picture. I grabbed a laptop and plugged it in to unhappy monitor and viola my laptop was now displayed on the monitor. Soooo must be the graphics card. Right?
Replaced the graphics card, danced around the room when everything worked yes armed with an air can..cough cough..and only had just one tinsy tiny screw left over when finished lol. Of course reading the directions when I was done...hahaha...I noticed on the box that the specs said a 400w power supply and yep I have a 300w power supply.
All good ? Or am I headed for trouble
I isolated the issue by plugging in another 27" monitor via HDMI....no picture. I grabbed a laptop and plugged it in to unhappy monitor and viola my laptop was now displayed on the monitor. Soooo must be the graphics card. Right?
Replaced the graphics card, danced around the room when everything worked yes armed with an air can..cough cough..and only had just one tinsy tiny screw left over when finished lol. Of course reading the directions when I was done...hahaha...I noticed on the box that the specs said a 400w power supply and yep I have a 300w power supply.
All good ? Or am I headed for trouble