Computer tech help?

[indiana_j]

Argh.  Okay, so I went this morning to hop onto my computer - I had left the monitor on last night and after about 10 minutes, it goes to sleep.  I move my mouse and the screen doesn't pop back up.  I try again and the same.  I hit the off switch on the monitor and then turn it back on - I get a flash of color, a little box saying "VGA No Signal."  Frustrated, I restart the computer and...nothing.  I check all the cords, they're all plugged in like they should be.

...am I right to be afraid that something has happened to my video card?

Comments

[starbuck09.livejournal.com]

Did you try unplugging every chord and replugging them in? Make sure that Katz hasn't done anything to the chord either, sometimes the little stinkers like chewing on things :) Not to mention Mom just got that monitor for you about a year ago, it should be fine. Double and triple check just to be sure, you never know!

[frito-kal.livejournal.com]

That's typically a card error - if you had monitor problems, you wouldn't get ANY errors. I can't remember if your computer has a separate video card on top of the one that came on the motherboard. If it does, you can remove the extra one and go to on-board to test. Or hook the monitor to another PC or laptop to check to make sure IT works.