CHANGEING MONITORS i was wondering if i could change my monitor? i have a philips 107E, but i have recently bought a philps PHP X17 and was hoping to change it over to this? can i do this ok? many thanks laura

Hi Laura and welcome to FixYa!

Yes, you should be able to change your monitor. You will notice that if you unplug your monitor's cable from the back of your computer, you will see an adapter that looks like the one below (called VGA).



I can't seem to find the specs on the new monitor you mentioned, but most new LCDs (flat screens) have DVI cables, which look like the picture below.



Don't worry, its an easy fix. Go down to your local electronic store and ask for a "VGA to DVI converter". It will look like the one in the picture below. Mine cost me about $8 USD.



I hope this helps. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.

Happy Holidays,
-TJ

Yes you can, there is no problem doing that. You may need converter thoug, it dipends on waht the inports are on you monitor versa your outgoing ports on you pc. Like if tthe outport id VGA and the incomming on the monitor is DVI, you need to convert the vga to dvi. A convertir can be found in any pc-store, and its very cheap to by, sometimes it even follows in the monitorbox.

Good luck to you and your new TFT monitor