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

[frito-kal.livejournal.com]

I'm probably committing blasphemy saying this, but you trot on over to Best Buy, price some video cards, and if you can't afford it right then, you suffer on the laptop until you can?

[indiana-j.livejournal.com]

*grins* That's doable. I was just worried that if it was on-board it'd be harder to replace or something.

[frito-kal.livejournal.com]

I think at worst, you'll have to go into the bios and turn something off. Once you rip through testing monitors, you can figure things out.