K8T Neo V - Radeon X800 GTO Issues

Hi, I've just upgraded my PC to an MSI K8T Neo-V MB with an Athlon 3400 and am having
issues when running it with my Radeon X800 GTO  :(
Everything boots up ok, until the point Windows XP has loaded and goes to the login screen.
At this point I get a variety of lockups, screen freezes until the monitor loses 'contact' with
the gfx card.  It does seem like XP is still running in the background and only the gfx card has failed
but couldn't be sure 
However, I can run it with my Radeon 9800 Pro (AGP 4X only mind you, AGP 8X locks up as well
but I can live with 4x based on what I've read elsewhere in this forum  )
Steps I took:
When I found the 9800 worked, I performed a complete un-install of the drivers, rebooted to
make sure they were gone, powered down, swapped cards, booted and installed drivers, rebooted
and then it hung.
I'm running it with a 450 W power supply.
It's worth mentioning that this card/power supply worked fine on my ASROCK K7s8x MB before the upgrade.

Well, I'm now lighter in pocket to the tune of £70 !  I had to buy a new power supply in the end to test this one out.  Whilst not my first choice, I ended up with a Jeantech Arctic 600W.  Unfortunately the one I'd earmarked from PC World's website wasn't available in store (I couldn't wait for someone to deliver it to me lol ), however a quick check on the web namely 'Tom's Hardware' confirmed it as a reasonable PSU, and for £70 I should hope so to.
Now for the bad news...having uninstalled etc etc swapped cards out and installed new drivers....there is no difference at all.  Same issue as before, you get to the XP login screen and it hangs in various different ways.
I don't think this is a power issue anymore, as all I am running with is:
The MSI Board
Athlon 64 3400(not overclocked)
80GB Maxtor 7200 IDE drive
1 x DVD Drive
1 x CDRW Drive
and possibly at some point, a Radeon X800!, but currently a Radeon 9800 Pro

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    Quote
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