bowmore
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You may need an adapter from the 25pin port on the monitor to an HDMI male to plug in to the laptop.I believe there's a way to connect PC to laptop, but I don't know how to do it.
You may need an adapter from the 25pin port on the monitor to an HDMI male to plug in to the laptop.I believe there's a way to connect PC to laptop, but I don't know how to do it.
https://www.wikihow.com/Connect-a-Desktop-to-a-LaptopI believe there's a way to connect PC to laptop, but I don't know how to do it.
I got numerous results from Google- but the catch is the pages won't load on this old laptop
Sorry but I have no idea what a pin port isYou may need an adapter from the 25pin port on the monitor to an HDMI male to plug in to the laptop.
Actually, Linux mint is what's on this laptop, but laptop is around 20 years old which is why I can't do much with it without the updates. The person who gave it to me doesn't remember the admin PW (and is not near my location) and I never asked for it.Use a thumb drive and get a free copy of Linux. That will let you get online pretty easily on your laptop. Do a google search for linux mint USB and also for lost Win 10 admin password.
Yea, I think this forum only accepts .JPEG images, if you're using GIMP you can export a .PNG image, saving as a .JPEG. Or, you can upload to https://postimages.org/ and link the image.Well I got the image, none of the file extensions will work.. tried GIMP also to scale it down
See this : https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/339Actually, Linux mint is what's on this laptop, but laptop is around 20 years old which is why I can't do much with it without the updates. The person who gave it to me doesn't remember the admin PW (and is not near my location) and I never asked for it.
.jpeg is one that I tried.Yea, I think this forum only accepts .JPEG images, if you're using GIMP you can export a .PNG image, saving as a .JPEG. Or, you can upload to https://postimages.org/ and link the image.
won't load
That's okay, if you use a USB drive to boot from then you'll be bypassing the hard drive which is what you want to do since you don't know the admin password. Get Linux Mint for free here - https://linuxmint.com/download.phpActually, Linux mint is what's on this laptop, but laptop is around 20 years old which is why I can't do much with it without the updates. The person who gave it to me doesn't remember the admin PW (and is not near my location) and I never asked for it.
How about https://imgur.com/ ?.jpeg is one that I tried.
The website you gave link to won't load either.
it says this -won't load
Oh shoot. Perhaps the laptop's browser is really out of date.won't load
This is what I think too.Try another monitor with it to see if that solves the problem. If you don't have an extra monitor laying around, you could use your TV, proving it has the right port and you have a cable that will connect. Or you could connect your monitor to the laptop to see if it works. Or you can just go to a computer shop or BestBuy and let them diagnose it, which they might do for free if you buy something from them.
Could be a bad monitor, could be that your computer isn't booting up for whatever reason so there's no signal to be sent to the monitor. From here I've given you my best ideas. Good luck!I don't know if this is relevant or not, but I never bothered with the monitor's off/on button, just left it on and logged off entire system.. but when it's not working (like now) the off/on button flickers green-gold instead of staying solid green like it should.
I tried pressing it, but it doesn't make a difference.
I like this too.With that being said, if your monitor happens to be connected to a stand alone video card then there should be another port which you could connect your monitor to. This would connect the monitor up to your onboard graphic card and hopefully that would work.