NEVER MIND !
and I feel sorta stupid....
I dug out my spare graphics card and drug the machine out to where I could get to it.
I started disconnecting cables and there was a VGA cable connected to the onboard graphics port .....
The DVI-D was connected where it was supposed to be.
I have no idea how the machine had been booting and working as well as it had, to only decide to quit now.
In my defense, I have this one antique Garmin that connects to that weird antique port that does resemble a VGA.
When I was reconnecting things a few weeks ago, I thought I wasreconnecting the Garmin cable, when I actually was connecting the VGA.
The other end of that VGA must still be connected to my monitor --- it has three possible ports, VGA, DVI-D, and HDMI.
Read my initial panic below.
I restarted my DELL Optiplex 780 mini-Tower.
It will not get past a message telling me that the monitor is connected to onboard graphics --- it is NOT.
I have made several attempts to get past this to no avail.
All was fine before the restart (for several weeks).
Please help.
and I feel sorta stupid....
I dug out my spare graphics card and drug the machine out to where I could get to it.
I started disconnecting cables and there was a VGA cable connected to the onboard graphics port .....
The DVI-D was connected where it was supposed to be.
I have no idea how the machine had been booting and working as well as it had, to only decide to quit now.
In my defense, I have this one antique Garmin that connects to that weird antique port that does resemble a VGA.
When I was reconnecting things a few weeks ago, I thought I wasreconnecting the Garmin cable, when I actually was connecting the VGA.
The other end of that VGA must still be connected to my monitor --- it has three possible ports, VGA, DVI-D, and HDMI.
Read my initial panic below.
I restarted my DELL Optiplex 780 mini-Tower.
It will not get past a message telling me that the monitor is connected to onboard graphics --- it is NOT.
I have made several attempts to get past this to no avail.
All was fine before the restart (for several weeks).
Please help.
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My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Pro x64Intel Core Two Duo E8600 3.33 ghz8GBGigabyte Radeon R7 240
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell Optiplex 780m "mini-tower"
- OS
- Windows 7 Pro x64
- CPU
- Intel Core Two Duo E8600 3.33 ghz
- Motherboard
- Whatever DELL put in it
- Memory
- 8GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Gigabyte Radeon R7 240
- Monitor(s) Displays
- HP 2159m
- PSU
- 750 Watt Corsair CX750
- Keyboard
- Logitech Wireless
- Mouse
- Logitech Wireless
- Browser
- Chrome, Firefox, IE
