Problems with Vista and graphics card :(

[xXIShadowIXx]

Hey. I bought Vista home premium the other day and I can't get my graphics card to work.
My setup:

AMD Athlon 64 4000+
Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9
ATI Sapphire X1800 GTO
2GB Corsair platinum series DDR2
Western Digital 250GB SATAII Hard drive

I've installed the drivers and the latest catalyst software for vista 32bit version which is what I'm running. I can only use my onboard graphics which are terrible.

Anyone know of any similar issues?

Thanks

[Hohum]

You need to be more specific really... what exactly happens when you try to install it, etc.

[xXIShadowIXx]

The card will install okay. The problem is when i try to use it. Windows vista loads as it should up until the point where the desktop is displayed. So it runs the bootscreens showing info about the computer then displays the "microsoft corporation" with the loading bar and then the windows logo should appear along with a little jingle noise. I hear the noise but I dont see anything. I've tried loads of different things and am not sure if it's a problem with the graphics card or motherboard. I'm going to try installing my brothers graphics card (X1300 Pro) and see if it will accept that, and if it does phone ATI and see what they can do about my graphics card.

[BaudAttitude]

This is kind of a low-tech suggestion, but I'm assuming the card has a TV out connector?

I had those same symptoms on a box not too long ago and it turned out that it had decided that the TV-out connector was the primary monitor.

Since this setting doesn't actually take effect until it loads the Windows device driver, the monitor showed the boot screen and windows loading bar, then as soon as the machine went to the desktop the monitor would go black.

Was bloody frustrating. Sounds similar to what you're having.

Worth a look?

[EvilBoris]

have you disabled the onboard graphics in the bios?