As stated in the subject: it's a Pavilion 500-281 running Windows 7 and it won't connect to any monitor...
The screen says that there is no connection and keeps defaulting to sleep mode.
There's only one spot for the VGA cable to plugin so that's fairly idiot-proof, however one of the screw terminals is already loose and came out (don't think that's necessarily relevant though, still holds in just fine).
Am I just missing something obvious? Suggestions?