On that note. If you are, and you should, going to purchase a power surge protector also look into APC as well. They are a good brand and you will need to purchase a battery back-up with surge protection and a voltage regulator. So many people get there equipment fried from not protecting there investments. Don't waste money on crappy surge protectors. I got mine brand new on Ebay for $40.00 and it retails for $100.00. It has enough capacity to keep my computer, monitor, and a few small external devices on for a enough time hour after power failure and it protects my cable line to my router as well. For comparison and a general idea: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BE725BB Try another monitor & Should you have TechTool Pro and try that to see if it can diagnose the card would be my best suggestion. Other wise I would say it may have gotten zapped due to the timing of it working + surge = not working. Hopefully nothing else in the computer did as well. Taking it to a tech to look at my cost you a bit, but may not. Call around your area and ask. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >While I can't help you fix the computer, what I can tell you is that >almost all surge protectors on the market are junk. You need to spend >at least $45 or so for a 2-4 outlet protector. Two good brands are >Tripplite and Monster. > >David >-------------------------------------------------------- >On May 31, 2006, at 8:04 AM, <tommylaws1 at cox.net> wrote: > >> have a G4 AGP, with 850+gig ram, an internal 40gigHD and external >>300gigHD running 10.4 Tiger and connected to a 24" Dell monitor. >>The entire system was supposedly protected by a power surge >>connector. Until this morning, when a 5 sec power outage occurred, >>the Mac ran perfectly however, after this power outage, the Mac >>apparently isn't outputting any video, although it appears that the >>machine is coming on, green lights flashing on the super-drive, etc. >>I have tried everything I know, restarts, checking input modes on >>the monitor...nothing. All I get from the monitor is that there is >>no composite video input. >>Any ideas appreciated. >>Thanks >>Tom >> >>