Thinkstation S10 will not boot or post after GPU upgrade

Hello,
I am having a hard time getting this thinkstation S10 to boot with a new GPU. The pc runs just fine with the standard quadro fx 1700 in it. But as soon as i put my ati hd 5770 or nvidia gtx 460 in it wont post. When i put the new cards in i get wierd beep codes. Sometime they are 4-2-3-3 then sometimes its 1long and 2 short. It just shuts down and turns on and repeats but nothing comes up on the screen. The specs are listed and any help would be GREATLY appretiated.
Thanks
Larry
Thinkstation S10 6483
650w psu
3.ghz core 2 duo
4gb of ddr3 pc8500 ECC.
750gb hdd.
Thanks again!!
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i use ATI 4870 in my S10, the ATI 5xxx doesn't work.
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