New FX5900XT in Asus A7N8X mobo won't boot.

Got a new MSI FX5900XT card yesterday, popped it into my PC this morning and it won't boot or even post at all.  No error beeps, nothing on the screen.  The monitor does "wake up," so it's sensing a signal of some kind, apparently.  I've seated and re-seated the card, booted repeatedly, and made sure the 12v power connector is securely plugged in.  I've been building my own PCs for about 12 years, and I've never had a video card just...do nothing.  My relevant system specs are:
Asus A7N8X (non-Deluxe) mobo rev 1.04 w/latest v1007 BIOS
AMD Athlon XP2700+ CPU (not overclocked)
Corsair XMS PC2700C2 333Mhz RAM (1 stick, 512 megs)
eVGA GeForce4 Ti4200 128-meg video card (4x AGP version)
SMC EZ Card 10/100 SMC1211 NIC
Western Digital WD1200JB 120-gig HD
Western Digital WD2000JB 200-gig HD
Panasonic LF-D321 DVD burner
LiteOn LTR-32123S CD burner
nVidia nForce audio (onboard mobo)
ViewSonic G790 monitor
WinXP Home w/SP1 and all updates
Enermax EG465P-VE power supply (431w):
+3.3v @ 38a
+5v @ 44a
+12v @ 20a
-5v @ 2a
-12v @ 1a
+5Vsb @ 2.2a
I've Googled the Web and searched here and haven't found a solution, though I did see messages from a couple of other users with similar problems.  The Ti4200 card works fine, and I've tried the FX5900XT card in another computer with the same results.  Any suggestions, other than the obvious (DOA & RMA)?
Thanks,
Goncalo Alves

Quote
Originally posted by Nick555
So it also didn't work in a 2nd pc? Must be DOA!
Probably, but it's a 2nd PC with the same type motherboard, an Asus A7N8X.  I was hoping someone with this same mobo could tell me that his card worked with that setup.  I have a 3rd computer in the closet with an ECS K7S5A mobo, but I'm not inclined to drag it out.  In any case, I've already gotten an RMA from New Egg, and I'm sending the card back tomorrow.  It's not a piston engine, after all; it's only got one moving part, and the fan is spinning away just fine, and I've pretty much exhausted all the trouble-shooting possibilities, so the card must just be defective somehow.
Thanks for the reply.
GA

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    Now it will boot to the hdd, but it takes over 2 minutes and a lot of just black screen.  Is there a setting I am missing in the BIOS?
    I am not running any sata or raid configs.  Could someone give me the basic setup for this, especially where the ide config is concerned.  Or why it is taking so long to boot up.  I know it isn't normal for my 1.6 never took that long.  
    Thanks for all of your help.
    Matt

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