# HP Compaq la1951g Monitor Troubleshooting **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 6, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-compaq-la1951g-monitor-troubleshooting/745336 "2016-02-06T18:34:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-compaq-la1951g-monitor-troubleshooting/745336/1 "2016-02-06T18:34:14Z")
HP Compaq la1951g monitor. A month or two old. It’s plugged in and the computer recognizes it but there is no picture. To me that suggests that it is powered up and connected correctly but has failed. I can’t, however, pretend that I know what I’m talking about so I ask you. I tested it on two computers and swapped in a known good svda cable. Is there anything else I need to check before I look into the warranty? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-compaq-la1951g-monitor-troubleshooting/745336/2 "2016-02-06T19:15:12Z")
Nope. It’s warrantee material. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-compaq-la1951g-monitor-troubleshooting/745336/3 "2016-02-06T21:08:50Z")
With nothing plugged into it (except for the power cord of course), do you see any sort of test image? Is there a button to get an onscreen menu? Does that appear? If neither occurs, the monitor itself is defective. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-compaq-la1951g-monitor-troubleshooting/745336/4 "2016-02-06T21:14:30Z")
That old school square profile monitor was discontinued in 2010-2011 so it’s probably a little older than “a few months old”. I would suspect you may have a refurbished unit. It’s a door stop at this point. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-compaq-la1951g-monitor-troubleshooting/745336/5 "2016-02-07T16:20:36Z")
Thanks everyone. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-compaq-la1951g-monitor-troubleshooting/745336/6 "2016-02-08T00:55:50Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Nope. It’s warrantee material. Is that a portmanteau of guarantee and warranty? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-compaq-la1951g-monitor-troubleshooting/745336/7 "2016-02-08T02:11:03Z")
Yeah. 🙂 Good catch. Actually it’s mostly a polite euphemism for “trash”.