Help diagnos this problem

[random betrayal]

For a little while now on occasion my monitors will not wake up from sleep. It has happened both from waking the computer from sleep and when the computer is on but the monitors have just gone to sleep. The monitors are working fine otherwise.

Secondly I had a check-disk error recently and windows 7 found and fixed the issue. At least the fix allowed the windows update to finish.

Yesterday I try to wake the monitors while the computer was on, nothing. When this happens the only way to wake them has been a re-boot.
I reboot and no monitors again. A couple more re-boots and still no monitors.

I would assume that this is a video card gone bad as the computer posts. Although once the computer is on it does not show on the network which leads me to believe there may be something else gone wrong that I can now not see.

Any ideas.

 

[gravator]

If you have on-board video then try to take the vid card out and boot with the on-board plugged in.

 

[random betrayal]

No onboard video unfortunately. I used the opportunity to bet a new video card as I was more then overdue. I am switching from Nvidia to a Radeon card. I am still puzzled as to why if it it just a dead video card that turning on the computer it does not show up on the network.

 

[pcgeek11]

No onboard video unfortunately. I used the opportunity to bet a new video card as I was more then overdue. I am switching from Nvidia to a Radeon card. I am still puzzled as to why if it it just a dead video card that turning on the computer it does not show up on the network.

With no video how can you be sure it is booting all the way up to where the NIC Drivers are loaded????

Maybe the NIC Drivers aren't loaded and then it couldn't show up on the network.

Hmmmm?

pcgeek11