The new video card should work well enough to see the screen without running
the setup disk. The PC will start with some default VGA drivers at 640x480.
Once you get into Windows you can run the video card's CD and install the
proper drivers. If you get no video at all after installing the new card
then it's time to look elsewhere for the problem, like the monitor, cable,
or the motherboard itself. Good luck, and let us know what you find.

steve



> Appreciate all the help. We returned the AGP video card and got a PCI
video
> card. We've just put it in but the directions that we had printed out from
> the cd say to click the start menu etc to run the set-up and installation.
> But since the monitor doesn't come up because the video card hasn't gone
> through set-up, we can't run the set-up. So, what now? Therapy?
>
> TIA, -Sharon

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