I just hooked up my desktop (Gateway) to my new HDTV via
VGA.

It was working fine for a day, even with restarting it.
Then, I put it in standby, then an hour later, touched
the mouse to turn it back on, it seemed to go back on
but the tv was getting "No Signal."

I rebooted the computer manually pressing buttons on
the tower a few times -- still no signal. What can I do?
It seems to be still having some kind of weird hang up
from that standby that i can't break.....

The VGA is coming out of the graphics card I have, which is
a NVIDIA GEforce 8500 GT I believe. It was working fine
until standby, like I said.

I tried plugging it into the VGA port that comes standard on
the motherboard but that didnt work either. However to make
it work maybe I had to take out the graphics card?

At any rate I don't even see how I could get back into the
computer since I can't seem to find a way to get a display
out of it. I have another monitor with a VGA and mini DV
connection, would that help?

Right now I feel like there's no way to get a signal output
even if I wanted to change settings internally on the OS.

Thanks for any help I can get!

Hello Mrchevy, Welcome to PCHF! you have come to the right place - we have a very knowledgeable member community and a fantastic tech team here so I am sure we will be able to assist you

I have marked your thread as open to gain the attention of those who know

Somebody will be with you as soon as possible!

Regards,

Smokeycheech

Hello & Welcome MrChevyCeleb!

You are correct. In order to enable the onboard video, you will need to remove the nVidia card.

Hello MrChevyCeleb!

Do you still desire assistance with your issue or have you found resolution? An update would be appreciated!