[quote name='j-cart']Is there no VGA port from the motherboard[/QUOTE]
This.
The spec sheet is here for the PC:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/inspd530/en/OM/HTML/appendix.htm
It indicates the bus uses among other types of slots, PCI Express v1.0A, which is easier to get a card for then an AGP slot, someone already stated this I believe.
There should be (2) PCI express slots, one really short one, that's the X1 slot, the longer slot is the X16 slot, which may have been occupied by your former video card?
Here's what PCI Express slots look like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PCIExpress.jpg
From top to bottom (and the parent page), they're X4, X16, X1, X16 slots. Which one matches the slot your video card occupied?
Getting back to my main point:
Additionally in the specs, under video, it states "Intel integrated video". If the back of your PC has a VGA/DVI output connector, you can connect your monitor to it in the meantime. Typically, knowing Dell, that port is disabled once an add-in card is placed in the system.
You may have to remove the card if you haven't already done so, just be sure to do the following tips, I usually don't follow
all of them myself, but let's not chance zapping your system given its age, sorry if I'm being too basic:
- Shut off the power to the PC
- Unplug the power cord to ensure all power is removed
- Hold the power button for a few seconds to bleed any residual power from the system (modern systems always have power in them in some small manner, the power switch is no longer a mechanical switch, it just triggers a signal on the motherboard by shorting/closing a circuit between two pins)
- Open the case, touch any bare metal surface of the PC to discharge any static (ground yourself), Try to keep an arm or hand touching some metal surface as much as possible to keep yourself at the same electric potential as the case. Difference in potential = static discharge either from the case to you, or you to the case. A conductive (anti-static) wrist strap alligator-clipped to the case would also work, if you happen to have one.
Don't worry about being overly cautious in this part, as long as you ground yourself once, typically you're fine.
- Remove the card - unplug any video or other cables from the card on the outside of the case, release its hold-down screw, or other proprietary locking mechanism on the edge of the card at the exit of the case. Pull the card out - don't use excessive force, rocking it back and forth perpendicular to the motherboard should work.
- Close up the case
- Connect monitor to motherboard port, re-plug and re-power system, hopefully the system notices the absence of the add-in card and re-enables the motherboard port.
I'll be the first to admit for various technical reasons beyond the age of the system, the performance of the graphics will be terrible, but for your purposes, it may suit you just fine, and could tide you over until you decide if you want to purchase a replacement card.
Another tip that may not apply in this case: DVI and HDMI connectors are compatible with a converter cable, you just won't carry audio over the cable or have HDCP (copy protection) signals. You can get fairly inexpensive and very good quality converter cables from Monoprice.
What type of video port is on the motherboard, and what is available on the monitor? Also, what were you using with the Geforce card? DVI (rectangualar white connector?) or VGA (15-pin, typically blue) I'm basically asking if you have the ports and the correct cable to make the connection.