Can't Power on Intel XServe

I'm unable to sucsesfully power up an intel XServe. After I plug back in the power it boots up, at least by looking at the front panel lights.  The fan kicks into high, the power light comes on, the first set of activity lights come on and the system id light comes on.  However, I don't get anything on the monitor. I have removed all the RAM thinking it was a memory issue but that had no effect.  I took out the PRAM battery, removed all the drives.  Still nothing.  If I push the power/standby it seems to go into standby.  If I then power it down and restart via the front pwr button it seems to cycle on and off or perhaps sleep.  The pwr light comes on for 5 seconds, the system id light flashess 3 times then stedy, and the RAM lights come when the pwr light is on. The machine did come on last week but seems to have died sometime after last friday.  Any suggestions would be great.
Brad

Brad, did you happen to have server monitor set up on this box? It would have been nice because you would be able to see the status on a remote machine.
Are you sure it is not actually booting properly but with no video? Can you ping it from another machine?
If you turn it on you say the sytem id light is flashing?

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