I am trying to install: * Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 Atlantis graphics card If I just put the card in and change the monitor plug to the graphics card directly and then re-boot, the monitor just starts up completely scrambled. So I got rid of current display drivers. But the same thing happens. Just loads up all scrambled and I have to reset because I can't see anything.. Does anyone know what I should do ? I haven't seen anywhere that the card may be incompatible with my board, or CPU - does anyone know if this is the case ? Any help much appreciated.

Was this mboard working fine with the onboard video, or is it a newly assembled computer? Did you just add ram you haven't had in the mboard before? Did you flash the bios on this mboard? Are you overclocking this mboard? If you are, many cards cannot tolerate more than a few percent overclocking - set it back to defaults - ease your overclocking up a tiny step at a time later. Did you recently load Windows, or make a fresh install of Windows on this mboard? If you did, you must load the mboard drivers, especially the chipset and AGP drivers, in order for Windows to properly recognize and support the mboard. If you have not done that, do it! Did you UNPLUG or turn off the power source to the computer when you installed the card? ATX mboards are always powered in some places even when Windows is Shut Down - there are probably some contacts in the AGP slot that are always on - if you did not remove the power to the computer while installing the card, you may have damaged it! I took a look at the manual for the mboard. "4X 8X AGP See Caution 2" (Caution #2) "Do not use a 3.3v AGP board on the AGP slot of this mboard! It may cause permanent damage!" Did you by any chance try an AGP card in this mboard that has X2 AGP capability (which uses 3.3 volts)? e.g. ATI Radeon 92xx cards are 2X 4X 8X AGP If you did, you may have fried the AGP cicuits. If you did not try an AGP card in this mboard that has X2 AGP capability, the Sapphire 96000card is probably defective. No matter what drivers you have loaded, you should get normal video at least until Windows starts to load, or with no hard drive at all. In case this is an oddball board that does not work properly until bios settings for it are correct (I have never seen such a case): UNPLUG or turn off the power source to the computer - remove the Sapphire card. Connect your monitor to the onboard video port. Power up and boot. Go into your bios setup Advanced - Resource Configuration - Primary Graphics Adapter - set it to AGP (default is PCI - that's what the onboard video is) AGP Data Rate - Auto or X8 AGP fast write - default is Enabled - some AGP cards may not support that setting - try disabled. Save settings, shut down the computer. UNPLUG or turn off the power source to the computer, put the Sapphire 9600 in the slot, connect the monitor to it. Power up and boot. If the video is scrambled immediately, even before Windows loads, the Sapphire card is defective or damaged, or the AGP slot circuits are damaged, or the mboard is defective.