HP Touchsmart 600-1370a Black Screen

Touchsmart 600-1370a  product no. BU140AA Win 7 64 Bit A few weeks ago the PC would give prolonged beeps when turned on, so I would power off and on again and sometimes beep would continue or it would start normally. Whilst watching a short video clip the screen flashed and went back to desktop and a menu box popped saying NVidia graphics recovered from error (exact words not remembered) I then went to the website for my graphics card and downloaded updated driver and installed. This problem continued on and off, and then whilst working in photoshop the program shut down saying not enough memory to perform task (I have 6 gig ram installed). I checked devices under control panel and everything said working (no errors). Yesterday morning I turned on PC and it beeped, I turned off and truned on again and it didnt beep but I get nothing on screen its just black. The power on blue light is showing and the hdd drive light is flashing orange and I can hear the fans working, but get no sound nor anything on screen.
I purchased this pc in Jan 2011 and always kept up with windows updates etc and used the HP tuneups as required. A few months after initial purchase my BDROM drive was replaced under warranty as it stopped working. And now its out of warranty I cannot get my $2,000 computer to run. I have never plugged in any external items except for an ehd for file backups and sd card for photo transfer.
I also scan regularly, antivirus/malware updated

Hello KDesigns,
Like i said before, your model has a separate video card installed in to a MXM slot.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02542149&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&os=4063&product=428...=
If you remove this video card, you can try to use the onboard integrated video, (
Integrated Intel HM57 express graphics)  check your motherboard details:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02017992&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&os=4063&product=428...
If you do remove it by yourself, then you can see if the problem is resolved, and you can decide if you a buy a new card or you use the onboard.
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