Dvi to vga converter not working anywhere

Hi guys, recently my lcd screen went completely black, the macbook pro (from 2007) still turns on and still makes sounds, but the screen is completely black. i need to save important info so i used the dvi to vga adapter (not the mini one but the one i got with it in 07) and i tried it on 2 old moniters, and 2 new lcd monitors. none of them work, i am very concerned. the 2 moniters just stayed black, and the 2 lcds said "no signal, going to sleep". guys what's going on, please help me

do you still hear the chime? try the smc reset - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411
& the PRAM: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
if your screen is still black, then your video card has likely failed, so you won't see a display at all.
to recover data, boot the machine holding T. once it chimes, hold it for about a minute or so. now plug the mac into another via firewire cable. if it's another intel mac, you should be able to boot from yours, restart the 2nd mac holding OPTION, select your drive when it's listed & press return. you should then be able to reover files, export contacts, bookmarks, etc. to another drive or to DVDs.

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