Problem booting up.. not sure if it's video card

[vypirious]

When I turn the power on I hear the hard drive running like usual. It's hard to determine by sound because my computer is very quiet.

Last week it happened once where I turned it on and nothing displayed on the screen, like the monitor wasn't connected via cable. I rebooted, everything was fun.

Fast forward to today. I turn it on, same thing as last week, except no matter how many times I reboot it the screen still shows like nothing is plugged in to the monitor.

I have an 8800GT that is about 18 months old. I do not have another video card to put in to test it and I don't want to spend the money on it unless I know that's the problem.

Any other tests I can do to see what the problem is?

 

[coozie7]

Do you hear the single POST beep or is the system silent?
Without more information, right now I`d suspect a power supply problem.
Remove the side panel of your case and, looking inside, try to boot the system. All the fans working? can you hear the HD spin up?

 

[vypirious]

The lights come on and the hard drive starts up. It's definitely getting power.

 

[coozie7]

Ok, try removing and reseating the card, and all the wiring connectors too.