Stupid [nay, VERY stupid] monitor power supply related problem

[Zetor]

'Ey all,

I just bought a boxed intel desktop computer [I know I know, I should've gone custom, but I was only eligible for funding by buying a prepackaged one] and after I unpacked it and tried to connect it to my old 17" monitor [since the new 19" one was too large to fit on the table], I encountered a very strange, uh, problem, where my power supply looks like the one on the right. Now, the new monitor indeed has its own power cord instead of being connected to the PS, but the old one doesn't. The documentation I got was wonderfully spacious and even googling around didn't reveal much of anything [other than it being an "ANS 828-4HL ATX P4" case with a 300W "CE" [?] power supply... is this a new sort of ATX, then? My old computer has an ATX power supply as well and it sure as heck doesn't look like this one...]
I can't open the box / replace the PS either, it'd void the warranty AND the funding. Exchanging it for another is also out of the question.

So, my question is...
- Is there any way to connect an 'old' [from 2000] monitor to this setup via some kind of converter?
and
- If I connect an 'old' [from 1999] computer to the new monitor, will it fry the monitor, the computer, or will it go without problems?
- Am I overlooking something insanely obvious?

Sorry again for the stupid questions, ["there aren't any stupid questions, just stupid people", I know ]

-- Z.

 

[MedicBob]

Did the old monitor plug into the computers power supply or into the wall?

Tha cable for the new and old one are the same, unless the old one got power from the computers power supply. Shouldn't have though, but I guess it would work.

You can plug the new monitors power cable into the old monitor and then into the wall. Only problem I can foresee without picture of what you are exactly talking about is Power at the wall. What voltage, etc. is it? Standard US 120 Volt or does where you are at have a differant voltage current?

 

[Zetor]

Indeed, the old monitor was always connected to a comp, and we never plugged it directly into a wall socket...
So what you're saying is that I could simply bypass the computer and plug the monitor straight into a socket? DOH. I knew I was missing something obvious
Though in my defense, I wasn't sure if older [pre-atx12] monitors could stand directly being plugged into 220v or if they'd fry.

Thanks!

-- Z.

 

[MedicBob]

Make sure the monitor can handle 220 Volts. If not you might have to use the old cable on the new monitor and get anoth PS that supports that Power out connection.

Good Luck,
Bob