black screen with a box saying no video input.video card kaput? any idea's

 

anyone?

 

Have you changed drivers or changed the refresh rate in the video settings?

Does it happen when you go into windows or as soon as you turn the machine on?

Have you tried booting in safe mode?

 

black screen so i can't do anything with it and i haven't changed anything.it was flashing black yesterday a couple of times

 

If you have acces to another monitor, then it will be worth trying it out on that to see if it is the video card or the monitor that is the problem.

The other thing you can do is open up the PC and check that the videocard is sitting properly in the slot (if you have a video card that is, and not a chip on the motherboard), it is rare, but they have been known to unseat them selves occasionally - The fact it was flashing black yesterday may suggest a loose connection somewhere.

 

took the card out and cleaned it and put it back in still the same
ps i'm using my wife's laptop at the moment

 

Have you tried plugging the monitor into your wifes laptop? That should tell you if it's the pc or the monitor...

 

i have tried that,how do you get my desktop to come up on the laptop?

 

Depends on the laptop. On mine (a dell XPS) you hold down the function (fn) key and press F8

 

no joy, i can't get it up on the laptop

 

Might be the monitor (or monitor lead) rather than the pc then.

 

had a lend of a video card and it's working fine thanks for your help guys