No input from monitor

[ragtopdave06]

No input from monitor, please help!!

Good morning. I'm having a tough start with my desktop computer this morning and thought I would see if I could get some ideas as to what happened.

Shut down my windows xp desktop last night as always, no problems with it at all. It is an HP system, nearly 3 years old. Booted it up this morning and the monitor did not come on. I hit the menu button and it came on to the screen that said "no input detected" then said monitor was going to sleep. I connected a different monitor and got the same message, so I'm guessing my video card passed away.

The video card is an nvidea 7500 or something in that range, it came installed when I bought the computer. If this is the problem, what would be your recommendation for a replacement. Nothing more powerful really, I just want it to work again without a serious upgrade. I plan to buy a new computer sometime next year anyway, so I don't want to put too much into this one.

Thanks

 

[raoul_1101]

Does the computer POST? Do you hear a beep when you start up the computer? Does it not go through to the first BIOS screen?
If none of that happens, it might not be your video card. While the video card is a possibility, its not definitely it. I would first find another video card and switch them out to isolate the problem.

 

[ragtopdave06]

Does the computer POST? Do you hear a beep when you start up the computer? Does it not go through to the first BIOS screen?
If none of that happens, it might not be your video card. While the video card is a possibility, its not definitely it. I would first find another video card and switch them out to isolate the problem.

Yes, it posts and I've discovered that it comes on. I can shut it down by pressing the Windows key that brings up the START button, and shut the computer down that way, blindly, so it's running, just no video.

As an updated, I took the card to a local shop and they tested it on another computer and it worked, so, I'm guessing it is the agp slot or the motherboard.

Is there anyway to fix this problem or is replacing the motherboard the only option?