Grainy computer monitor

[thedamndest]

Here is the situation. I have an old laptop that is now hooked up to an external monitor because the screen on the laptop died. I don't know why the screen died, but it just flickered and went out one day. But now when I hook that same laptop up to the monitor the picture is grainy and colors don't look right. I downloaded a new driver but that did not do anything. I'm out of things to do.

[thedamndest]

I've done some looking into the situation. The display on the monitor says that it is analog and the display for the non-functioning laptop says it is digital. Is this part of my problem? If so, how do I get my monitor to display digital?

[Jura]

How's it going?

[thedamndest]

Still grainy with TWO laptops now. Maybe it is the monitor itself or the cord? I don't know. It was working fine like last week.

[Jura]

Have you tested it on a "friend's" monitor to see if that is the case?

[thedamndest]

I just unplugged the VGA cable and plugged it back in and straightened the kinks out. Now it is working pretty much perfectly, though I can still see bits at the top where it is slightly grainy.