I was talking to my friend who installed all my stuff today and he decided to mention to me that the graphics card was working for a short period and then stoped working. I was quite angry with him that he did not tell me this earlier. DOes this change or effect anything.

Have you read this:

Radeon 9600SE

Is the card's power line plugged in? Also back to:

Originally Posted by Bad Karma[CORE

What i would try is
a) update the bios of your mainboard to the latest level
b) make sure the mainboard can deliver the correct voltage for the card
c) reset CMOS to get default settings and try again with the ATI

Besides the BIOS have you varified the voltage? & reset the CMOS?

I would still suggest trying to contact machspeed about the BIOS & throw in the voltage question.

Also as you see in the above manual the uninstallation of your old cards drivers was important. I don't know if it is too late but you could try to run your old card again and make sure you properly uninstall the old drivers.

Hope this helps