My new Radeon X800 XT gives me... a blue screen

Hi everyone,
I was lucky enough to find a Radeon X800 XT at OWC, and when I install it, all I get are two solid blue monitors. I swapped back to my old video card (9600 Pro) and everything works fine, but when I install the new one...nothing but blue.
- The fan is spinning on the x800xt
- I have installed the drivers and all the updates from ATI.
- I am running OS X (10.4.8)
- I am using the AGP port ( I have an older G5)
Any suggestions? Hopefully it is I who is faulty and not the card...
thanx,
Massmore
Mac G5 PowerPC Dual 2Ghz, 4 G RAM, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I think either the ATI or Apple website advises not
to install any files, because Tiger already has the
latest versions. Did you try just installing and
starting up?
Anyway, let us know what OWC says. Thanks.
Thought I'd throw in my experience on that. I had to wipe my G5 and installed a fresh copy of Tiger. I ran all the Apple updates from Software Update etc. In my case however I forgot to reinstall any of the ATI software.
After 2 days, the fan on my X800XT would just stop. No warning, nothing, the fan would just stop (and in turn cause the card to start to overheat). After a quick restart/shutdown, the fan would spin right back up. Now, like MANY others have reported, my card's fan makes a lot of noise, so at first I thought the fan was gone. However, since my fan would start right back up after a reboot, I began to look into software stuff.
In the end I reinstalled all the ATI software (prefs pane, and the ROMXtender etc.), and have not had ANY fan issues for almost a month (knock on wood). I know I may have to replace my fan at some point, but these random stops were DEFINATLY a software issue, and just letting the Tiger driver's etc. sit alone caused my fan to just stop.
I know Tiger's updates are more recent than what is on ATI's site, but in my experience, only the ATI software kept my fan from stopping. Just my 2 cents…
MacBook Black, PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0, MDD Dual 867, and a Fleet of others... Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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