It worked! Thanks you guys. Stupid HP, they sent a vga cable with an adapter on it, and the adapter didn't even have all the pins. It was missing maybe 9 pins in the middle of the set, the guy at Fry's said that was for running an analog signal. The full pin set is for digital, like what I am running from my computer to my monitor. I'm gonna call HP and tell them they should pay for my cable
(42 bucks!) I feel my vision settling back in.......