Is it the video card?
 

I'm not exactly a dummy with computers but I'm not nearly as knowledgeable as most of the people on the forums.

Anyway, the other day, suddenly, as I'm turning on my comp. my monitor decides to stop working. (I'm on a different comp right now) Anyway, I can hear my comp boot up and hear the nifty little music play as windows loads so I know its nothing incredibly serious. So the next thing I do is check and see if its the monitor, I hook it up to a laptop and it works fine. So is it the video card? if it is will I need a new one or can this one be fixed?

it may be.

It might be an issue with the memory on the card itself, because some boards if they don't detect a working video card will have error beeps.

I would reseat the video card, and try it again.

You should try connecting a different monitor to your computer.

Might be worth double checking the connection of the first monitor with the first PC, too. Was the cable on securely? I can't count the number of times I've found that to be the problem.

Konichiwaneko's right, though. Try researting the card as well.

Usually the computer will not boot up if it does not detect a video card. My feeling is that it is the physical connection with the monitor and not needing to reseat the card, though there is no harm in trying that.

i'd put a diff monitor on the pc and see if it works. then it's the video.

try reseating it, it wont hurt. (try switchin slots if it's a pci card)

Did you or anyone else do any work on the computer recently?

I'd reseat the card then try it again. The card can be kind of half set in the slot and so the computer doesn't notice it's gone and you get no screen. I'd say it's the card, and even if you could get it fixed it probably wouldn't be worth the price. I just got a decent Nvidia 32MB Vid card for 50 bucks. You can go even cheaper than that.

Well I had already tried a few different monitors on the computer so it isn't the physical connection. I guess I'll just try and reseat the card and see what happens. Thanks for your suggestions guys.

Let us know how it comes out!

yup it was the video card. As I was popping out the old one to reseat it. (Don't ask me why I didn't take a look at it earlier, I just wasn't thinking.) I look it over and immediatly spot a nice sized brown spot and could visibly see where it burned out. It was a GeForce 4 card, which I replaced with a, to my knowledge, 57 dollar no name card I had lying around and it works even better. Who would of thunk it?

Any ideas as to what would have caused the card to burn out like that?

fan dying and you playing a game.

There's a ti4400 on sale right now for $99 at compgeeks.com that might be worth it.