Quote Originally Posted by acowboydave
.... Small problem when it got to install gnome, screen went dead. ...
Seems like more than a small problem. Maybe a Debian expert will join in. Or if you don't want to wait you could take the problem to the Debian support forum Be sure to post all the detail on the video card that you can.

Oh, one more thought: Post monitor info too. I'm wondering if what happened is that the video card was put into a mode that the monitor couldn't support. You might want to try it with the fastest scan rate capable monitor that you have.