Monitor won't turn on with Geforce2 plugged in anymore!!!

I was just browsing the web when suddenly the display went all screwed up and the comp froze. So i turned off the computer and tried to restart but when i did this the computer would start but the monitor would not turn on.

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I was just browsing the web when suddenly the display went all screwed up and the comp froze. So i turned off the computer and tried to restart but when i did this the computer would start but the monitor would not turn on. So then i unplugged the monitor from my Geforce2 and plugged it into the onboard display adaptor but it still didnt work. After screwing around with the hardware for a while i found that if i removed the Geforce2 from the computer and plugged the monitor into the onboard video it worked. So the situation is that whenever i put the Geforce into the comp the monitor does not turn on when plugged into anything. I had the latest Nvidia drivers installed by the way.
 
My comp is pretty crap and old:
P3 450Mhz
Geforce 2 MX400 PCI
Windows XP
 
Can anyone help me coz this sucks.

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Had the same thing happen to me with the same card. In my case the fan to cool down the processor on the card had worn out. I replaced the fan, but the card continued to be flakey so I put a 5200 PCI card in.

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Aha, so that's the problem. Thanks for the info.