New Radeon 5770 1GB and old MSI RD480 Neo2 motherboard incompatible?

Hi,
Am having problems getting my machine to post after inserting a new graphics card: Sapphire Radeon 5770 1Gb. Have no problems with my old card in the PCI-E slot (X800GTO) - it works fine. But when I insert the 5770, the machine won't even post.
The core of my machine is ~4 years old, with a MSI MS-7194 RD480 Neo2 motherboard. I've updated the PSU to a Corsair 650W and as the light on the graphics card is on and ATI recommend a 450W PSU I doubt it's a power issue (and yes, I have attached a PCI-E power lead to the 5770)...
Is the issue that my motherboard is too old? Or is there a newer BIOS for it? I tried the MSI LiveUpdate tool which said there wasn't.
So I'm a bit stumped! Am in the process of putting a new machine together, but can only buy 1 or 2 parts each month - I was hoping to make the most of the graphics card before I had to cough up for a new CPU/Mobo!
All help gratefully received - thanks!
PS
Here are my system details:
Mobo: MSI MS-7194 1A RD480 Neo2
Bios: 26/2/2006 version (from msinfo32)
CPU: Athlon 64 X2 3800+
RAM: Crucial, 4x512Mb
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1Gb VaporX (no drivers installed as machine won't even post!)
PSU: Corsair TX650W +3.3V: 24A, +5V: 30A, +12V: 50A. Max combined +3.3/+5: 170W.
HD: SATA1: WesternDigital 200GB, SATA2: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB.
DVD-RW Sony IDE0, DVD-ROM Sony IDE1
OS: Windows XP SP2

There has been an on going problem with that model # in general and that brand & model in particular not working on a wide variety of MB's. On some MB's that have 2 16x slots it will not work in slot 1 but will in slot 2.

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