Video card not recognizing monitor

[jbeer32]

I am going nuts here.  I pulled out my video card just to double check the model of it but when I immediately reinstalled it back on my motherboard, it will not recognize any monitor when the computer is turned on.  There is just a blank screen and the light on the lower right aspect of the monitor where you turn it on and off is orange instead of green.  The fan of the video card is on when the computer is on though, just no picture on monitor.  I have tried two different monitors to no avail.  The onboard video card never has worked so nothing there which is why I bought the video card in the first place.  The video card is installed correctly in its PCI Express slot.  The card is an nVidia GeForce 8500 GT.  PLEASE HELP!!!

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Could you try putting the video card on another PCI slot?

[Accessless]

You could try cleaning the the graphics card connector pins and the PCI-E socket if it was a dusty PC. An attempt to re-seat the card may resolve the problem.

http://www.computerhope.com/cleaning.htm#12

Why did you pull out the graphics card? The model is listed in device manager.

[soybean]

I pulled out my video card just to double check the model of it but when I immediately reinstalled it back on my motherboard, it will not recognize any monitor when the computer is turned on.

Did you have a display on your monitor before removing the card?