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The monitor doesn’t | ■ | Check the connection of the power cord into the monitor. |
work, even though the | ■ | Make sure the monitor is turned on — it has its own power button. |
PC appears to. | ■ | Make sure the monitor power cord is plugged into a grounded outlet. Check to see |
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| whether the outlet works by plugging another item into it. (If the light on the front of |
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| the monitor is lit, the monitor is getting power.) |
| ■ | Check the cable connection between the monitor and the PC. The cable connectors |
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| must be pushed in all the way. |
| ■ | Adjust the brightness and contrast controls on the monitor. |
| ■ | If you have more than one display device (CRT monitor, flat panel monitor, TV, etc.) |
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| connected to the PC, change where the desktop appears by pressing Alt+F5. |
My keyboard doesn’t | ■ | If the PC beeps repeatedly, or if nothing happens when you press keys, it’s possible |
work, even though the |
| that the keyboard is connected improperly. |
PC and monitor seem |
| PS/2 keyboards only: Check that the cable connector pins are straight. |
to work. |
| Make sure the keyboard is connected to the keyboard port, not to the mouse port. |
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| If you need to reconnect these two cables, turn the PC off, reconnect the cables, and |
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| then turn the PC back on. |
| ■ | Try restarting the PC (click Start, select Turn Off Computer, and click Restart). If |
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| that doesn’t work, press and hold the PC On button until the PC turns off |
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| (approximately five seconds). Then turn the PC back on. |
90 HP Pavilion home PC