Dell 8400, XP Setup + nvidia PCIE card
I have a Dell 8400 that is now out of warranty.
The PC works fine. I'm currently running linux on it with no problems.
However, I want to load Windows XP SP2 on it to test out some app.
When I put in the setup disck (Dell OEM Disc XP Pro SP2), I choose to boot to the cd. It then goes on to display "setup is inspecting your hardware" or whatever. The screen then goes blank. I beleive it goes blank because it is trying to put the video card into a mode that it doesn't understand, or setup doesn't support the video card.
I called dell and they told me the video card is bad and I have to call out of warranty support. Out of warranty support wants $ just to talk to them. I know the card isn't bad. I can use FC5 or a live linux cd with this box and it is fine.
The card is a PCIE card.
nVidia 256MB PCI Express x16 GeForce 6800
The display is a NEC MultiSync LCD 1920NX
I've tried with both DVI and VGA cables.
Why won't the setup CD work? Any ideas?