Black 13'' Macbook won't recognize display cable anymore

I have a 13'' black Macbook purchased in fall 2008, running OS X ver. 10.5.8 . I recently cracked my screen and have been relying solely on my HDTV for display. I have used a mini-dvi to dvi, and dvi to hdmi connection for about 2 years with no issues at all. Recently, when I connect to my laptop, the screen goes blue for a couple seconds (as usual) but then fails to recognize my tv as a display. Same hardware has worked flawlessly for almost 2 years and now nothing. I know there are similar threads but I have tried many suggestions with no help. Anyone??

have you tried to power off the TV and try it again?
do you have an extra HDMI cable to rule it out?
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