video problem

[Gayle]

This morning, I turned on my pc and I got a message
on the monitor:

Self test
Your monitor is working
Check the video card and pc

Blank screen- but the pc seems to be booting up all right.
It's not the monitor- I had an old pc and it's working all
right on this one.

AMD Duron 800MHZ
128MB memory
10GB hard drive
integrated Trident CyberBlade i1 video card.

Would appreciate any help!!

[cloverm]

Quite possibly your video card went south. Can you pull the video card out of your old PC and plug it in the new one? If you get a picture using the old video card, then it's definetly the integrated video. In that case you need a new video card. Does your motherboard have an AGP slot? If not, you have to settle for a PCI card.

[Gayle]

I don't have an AGP slot- but I have two free PCI
slots. I don't feel comfortable opening my case, so I'll
see if I can find someone to do it.

Thanks!!

[Eclipse]

Before you open the case .......

I had a kitty cat that liked to sit behind the computer to keep warm.
When the cat would lay on the cable going to the monitor,
I would get the same message from my HP monitor.

Chasing the cat away, (bad kitty), and wiggling the
monitor cable and connector at the back of the
computer always fixed my problem.

Your problem could be something just as silly as mine!

;D

[Gayle]

It turns out it's the motherboard!!!! Fortunately, it's under
warranty- hopefully I'll have the motherboard replaced this
week.