turned out to be the extension cord, thanks for the advice everyone.

yes the keyboard lights come on and everything seems to happen as usual except for the fact that it acts as though the monitor isn't attached. The only thing that is odd is that the light on the...

Ok I will do as you suggested and unhook the cd-rom, and take out both sticks of RAM and reboot it, then if it beeps I will put only one stick back in and try again. Then I guess I'll get back on...

would anything show up on the screen if it were the power supply going out?

The disk tray opens and I can hear the hard drive spinning. Wouldn't the BIOS still come up if it were anything else? Is there a process of elimination I can use to narrow it down?

The computer comes on but you can't see anything on the monitor, I have tried to use a different monitor to no avail. It's like the monitor isin't hooked up, but it is. I have no clue what to do, any...

I have a Gateway DX100X and the video card or i think it is a onboard Intel GMA 900 graphics processor, no longer works. I have done a little research online and I geuss it doesn't have a place where...