EMac display died(?)

I'm not sure what happened here. On Friday night, I was surfing the web and everything was just fine. I put my eMac to sleep and went to bed as usual. I got up the next morning, went to my computer and clicked on the mouse and got nothing. The light on front panel was on and steady. The mouse seems to be working fine. I was still able to raise and lower the volume. I just can't get the monitor to turn on. The only other thing that is happening is that my eMac now reboots at apparently random times. Does anyone know what is going on and what I need to do about it?

The first generation eMacs (yours is one) had a bad video cable that caused the video to go dead. Such failures were typically heralded by the image seeming to shrink from the side, along with popping sounds and occasional smells of barbecuing plastic. The Apple article on this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2218
says the symptoms happen at startup but you never know
However, most of these failed in the first few months of use and Apple fixed them. We bought our 1Gen eMac in August 2002 and it has not suffered the problems of the first ones (jan/Feb 2002).
You can ask a Apple Store if the repair offered in the above article is still in effect (I doubt it). If not, I don't think Apple works on these any more so you're on to third-party repair shops.
If you post your general whereabouts, then people can offer suggestions for reliable shops in your area.

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