Mac mini won't connect to monitor

My son's mac mini crashed. He had to reboot and now he can't connect to the monitor. It's saying he can't connect with the HDMI connection, which he doesn't connect with anyway. Where should we start looking? Thanks!

Gloworm, I'm having the same problem. If you are using a flat screen TV, you can reboot by turning on your Mac mini, then depress the following keys: Option+Command+P+R. Wait until you hear the second or third chime, then let the keys go. It will bring you back to the sign-in page.

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29/03/2009 12:01:05 kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: sleep for 1 seconds and then try again
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29/03/2009 12:01:06 kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/share failed 65.
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29/03/2009 12:01:06 kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: sleep for 2 seconds and then try again
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29/03/2009 12:01:08 kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: sleep for 4 seconds and then try again
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