Mac mini turned on will not com up on monitor

I am unable to get my mac mini to open on screen?

It is not clear what you mean by "turned on".
Does the Power light go and stay on?
Do you hear the startup chime?
Maybe:
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays - Apple Support

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While performing disk maintenance is advised from the boot install discs of
the correct version Mac OS X your computer has installed, it may be possible
to resolve a few startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility
and also attempt some repairs with a command known as fsck.
The latter does not require the boot disc version of Disk Utility to perform a
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