[CLUE-Tech] Tired video card?

[David Anselmi]

Dale Hawkins wrote:
> I have an aging (gosh, almost 4 years old) matrox g200 AGP video card
> in my home PC.  Lately, when I power up the computer, the monitor does
> not wake up.  If I let the box boot all the way, Linux can still
> communicate with the video card, but the monitor remains ominously
> dark (the sleep mode LED indicates the monitor is still in standby
> mode).
> 
> These are the experiments that I have attempted:

Well, at least pull the card and put it back in--make sure it's seated 
and such.  You might also try another card and/or monitor (which you can 
borrow if you don't have) to see if you can narrow down the problem. 
Installfest is coming if you can wait that long.

Dave