B&W G3, no image on monitor

I've looked around quite a bit, and I can't seem to find any other posts (here or on other sites) that deal with exactly this problem.
I have a B&W G3 that's been upgraded quite a bit by the previous owner. It has a 500 mhz Sonnet G3 processor, 512 MB of RAM, a 32 GB Seagate Cheetah hard drive, and a ATI Radeon 7000 video card. It's a Revision 1 case, but a Revision 2 motherboard. The monitor is an Apple 17" Colorsync 750. The family number on the back is M2935. I'm using an adapter (I don't believe it is branded) to go from the Apple monitor connector to the vga connector on the Radeon 7000 video card.
The other day, I turned the machine on, and my monitor had nothing on it. The monitor is powered by an electrical cord plugged directly into a power strip. The power cord does not go from the computer to the monitor. The monitor turns itself off upon shutdown, and comes on by itself upon startup. The monitor's light was off completely. No green, no orange.
So far, I have unsuccessfully tried a few things to solve the issue. I have tried other monitors. No luck. One was an old 15" Apple. I used the same adapter. I did get power to that monitor using the same power cord as had been used with the 17", but I only got flashing, no picture. I also used an old VGA, an NEC I think, and had the same situation.
I also connected the 17" in question to an old Beige G3. No problems. The monitor displayed the signal from the Beige just fine.
Next, I tried another video card. A friend has a B&W and let me try the stock Radeon Rage 128 that came with his machine. No luck. His B&W has been sitting around a while, and while I did not test out that machine, he has never had a problem with that video card.
I also tried switching my Radeon 7000 down to a longer PCI slot. Also no luck with any of the monitors.
So, I am now at a loss for what to try next. The 17" monitor worked with the Beige. Also, I think that it is more than likely that both video cards are working, so I don't think that is the cause. This machine was worked without issue for me for nearly two years.
I'm afraid that perhaps it may be some sort of issue with the motherboard.
Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks.
B&W G3 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 500 Mhz, 32 gig Seagate Cheetah scsi, 512 Mb RAM

Grant, thanks for the response. I think I did unplug the computer. I can't be absolutely sure, but I think I did. Maybe that started my problems. I will pick up a new battery.
The good news is that I do have things back up and running. I switched video cards, as I said in an earlier post. But the odd thing was, that, after letting the machine sit for a few days, it started up and there was a picture on the monitor. However, the old OS 9-style folder with a question mark came up. I did get the computer to restart in OS X by holding down the X key on restart. Since then it has been OK.
However, I wanted to find out if I could just put my Radeon 7000 back in. So I took out the working Rage 128 and put in the Radeon 7000. Back to no picture.
The good news is that things are operable. But I would like to have the better card back in if I could, but I can certainly function now. Since I did not install the Radeon originally, I'm not sure of all the ins and outs of it, but I am trying to do a little research now and find out if the card needs a driver. Perhaps, my driver became corrupted.
If you have any further advice, I would appreciate it. Also, in your opinion, how much better of a card is the Radeon than the Rage?
Again, thanks for the help.
B&W G3 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 500 Mhz, 32 gig Seagate Cheetah scsi, 512 Mb RAM

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