PCI-E problems and Vista

[Acidwinter]

I just bought an ATI x1650pro pci-e card, and went to install it in my new vista machine I built. It had onboard video, so in XP I would disable the onboard video, change the bios to read PCI-E as primary video adapter, plug card in, install drivers, reboot a few times and im done...but I can't even get it to detect that I have the card in the machine. Ive tried reinstalling the motherboard drivers with no such luck. Any thoughts?

 

[kimsland]

ATI x1650pro pci-e card

1 Year Warranty

Warranty Service Request
https://apps.ati.com/rma/rma.html

If you have another PC to plug it into, that would prove DOA

By the way what is your new Motherboard Make and Model number ?
This is Xp with Vista Upgrade installed or just Xp at the moment ?

 

[pdyckman@comcas]

I checked the specs on that card and it requires a 450 watt PSU (recommended) so do you have enough power? If it's not powered up enough, it may be too weak too show uo.