What's wrong with the monitor?

Hi...
I have a Mac Mini and I love it! My problem is another computer.
I had an old mac computer that I mailed and gave to my sister since I didn't really use it anymore. It's a Power Macintosh 8500/120, and it has a G3 card in it. Anyway, I mailed it to her, and when she plugged everything, she turned it on and there is a startup chime, she hears the fan or drive noise, and the button light on the monitor comes on green, but then it turns amber and it goes no further. The light button on the CPU shows green, so I don't think there's anything wrong there, but the monitor remains dark.
Everything was working fine just before I shipped it to her. She's checked all the connections, made sure everything was plugged in correctly, checked to make sure that the wall socket is working, and she even resetted the PRAM a few times, and still no screen shows up on the monitor, nor the happy face icon, nor anything else, just a dark dark screen remains as if the monitor was off. What could have gone wrong, and what can we do to get it to work again?
We don't know what to do since we don't even have an owner's manual anymore, and when I moved out of state, I don't know what happened to my OS CD, so she can't even look up any info or re-install anything.
I've tried searching for a manual for a Power Macintosh 8500/120 online, but I've had no luck there either. We don't know what to do to get out of this predicament on our own, but we appreciate any help you can give us.
Thanks!
Dibujos
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Dibujos,
My son is in school in Federal Way and could fix just about any old Mac. RE PC is a recycled computer store in Renton/Tukwila. It is just a few blocks north of Goodwill. Both are great places to watch for good stuff.
Unfortunately, the malfunctioning equipment is in Texas. The assumption is that when the computer was disconnected from power and shipped to Texas, the fact that the internal computer battery was dead caused the stored parameters to be lost. That is not a bad thing, just a setback to old settings. A new battery will not reset the parameters so the suggestion was made to reset the PRAM as well.
You indicated:
"there is a startup chime, she hears the fan or drive noise, and the button light on the monitor comes on green, but then it turns amber and it goes no further. The light button on the CPU shows green, so I don't think there's anything wrong there, but the monitor remains dark."
Once you rule out the obvious battery issues, the next question is why the monitor is not getting a signal. Newer equipment that is Energy Star compliant will go into energy save mode when not actively used. The CPU sends signals and multi-sync monitors send signals. The timing of those signals will determine the proper operation of a monitor. When the monitor LED turns amber, it means that it is not getting a video signal from the computer.
Did you happen to have a monitor card in the 8500? Are all cards seated tightly? Can your sister check or have a friend check to see that all cards are seated properly? The G3 upgrade also introduces new video processing issues so having everything properly connected would be the first place to start to rule out hardware issues.
As Grant indicated, any adapter used to convert a VGA monitor to Mac use will affect the signal. Having the monitor model name and number would help pin down the issues involved. If your sister could find a Mac monitor that is not multi-sync at a recycler like PE PC, that would give her a way to test connections without all the other issues introduced by energy save and multi-sync monitors.
Please post back with a few more details about the monitor and cables/adapters.
Ji˜m

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