My mac mini starts up no video

my mac mini starts up with a chime no video to the monitor any suggestions?

Restart the computer with the Option, Command, P, and R keys held down, and release them when you hear the second startup chime; this clears a setting which causes it to start up into verbose mode each time.
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You are just going to have to try and decide for yourself if it is clear enough for your purposes. Your only option is S-Video because the mini can't output a component compatible signal.

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