Video messed up with P6N SLI Platinum and ASUS EAX1950PRO

Specs:
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4G
4 GB Patriot Ram
P6N SLI Platinum
ASUS EAX1950PRO
RocketFish 700w psu
Problem: I don't get the grpahics card post screen just the MOBO's and the video is all messed up. There are multicolored vertical blinking lines running up and down the screen. I can see through the clutter that it is posting fine (it looks for a boot device) but I figure I need to fix the graphics issue before going any further.
I am working on a new system, so at this point everything is unplugged except the RAM CPU and video card. I have tested it out switching the ram sticks out so unless they are both bad it is not the ram. What is my problem? ANy help would be rad.
Thanks
Ryan

Test your video card in a different system or try a different video card in the P6N SLI Platinum.

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