G3/300 B&W Dual Display issues

I'm attempting to hook a second monitor to my machine. The primary monitor is an Apple Studio Display 17" CRT. I'd like to hook a second VGA monitor up. I put in a second ATI Rage card, and haven't yet gotten it to work. Here's the info from system profiler on the card I've put in:
Under PCI Cards:
pci1002,80:
Type: VGA-Compatible Controller
Bus: PCI
Slot: J11
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x4750
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1002
Subsystem ID: 0x0080
Revision ID: 0x005c
Under Extensions:
ATIRagePro:
Version: 1.4.4
Last Modified: 3/26/05 5:29 PM
Get Info String: ATIRagePro 1.4.4.2 (3166)
Location: /System/Library/Extensions/ATIRagePro.kext
kext Version: 4.0.4
Load Address: 0x26efc000
Valid: Yes
Authentic: Yes
Dependencies: Satisfied
Integrity: Correct
I'm running 10.4.9, and can't seem to figure this one out. Any thoughts?
G3 B&W 300 Mac OS X (10.4.9) 768MB RAM/100GB/Airport Extreme

Phirefenix,
Welcome to the discussions. First question: are you sure it is a Mac compatible video card? If not, the second comment will not work.
During startup, after the studio display lights up but before the software starts to load, hit the reset button on the front of the computer. This will give what I call a 'warm boot' and eliminate some esoteric issues. If that works, buy a new PRAM battery. If that does not work, verify question one.
Ji˜m

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