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Hard boots, no signal to monitor

Tags: Microsoft, Windows XP, SP2, HP Media Centre PC
My client's desktop PC appears to boot ok - at least from a sound and HDD light point from view, but there is no signal to the monitor I have attached - not the same as clients.  She thinks the PC has gone into "sleep" mode and can't be woken up as it were.  I know certain hardware components can be used to sleep/wake up PC's but unsure if that's the case here.
I've tried all the usual possibilities, except changing the graphics card as I don't have a spare AGP card here.  I tried removing the mobo battery last night for a few minutes to see if any BIOS settings would be cleared - nothing.  Can't access BIOS at all because of lack of signal to monitor.
Short of buying another graphics card which may not even give the solution, any ideas?
Many thanks.
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Zone: Computer Hardware
Question Asked By: mpcsplymouth
Solution Provided By: mpcsplymouth
Participating Experts: 3
Solution Grade: A
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