Video card installation issues

Alright, i got me a visiontek AGP8x radeon X1300. (don't even say "shit sucks", well aware).

IT REFUSES TO FUCKING WORK!

before this i used onboard video. i RTFMd, and followed iot to the letter (disable onboard in device manager, put card in, connect monitor to card, install shit from cd).


problem is, it simply won't work.  i have a 4 pin power going to the card, the onboard doesn't work while the card is in there, but the card doesn't work either.

one thins, is that i have a vga monitor and the card has DVI outputs. they included a converter, and i'm using it, but, like i said, didn't work.

the motherboard is an elitegroup p4m800proM.


any helps is appreciated. i think i might call their help line or something.

Alright, if i take a geo metro to a mechanic to fix the transmission, and he tells me to go out an buy a mercedes because the geo is a piece of crap, do you really think i care?  i'm well aware this isn't that great a card.

i just...want to make it work...if it's actually broken, i'll go back and see if i can refund/replace it.