how do i know hat to look for if your not telling me... :/

Originally Posted by gd0t

display adapters isnt listed.. :/ but im running my screen off the card atm. even tho apparantly nothing is there and all that other yada!

how do you know you are running off the card atm?

because im plugged into it and my screen is running off of it!!!
but in 800x600 - no advanced settings etc.

1st thing i would do is uninstall that pci-e device then reboot, before windows loads id enter bios, normally by hitting DEL and check all the settings I.e pci-e enabled ect and also if you have on-board graphics you will need to disable it, save, exit and restart, all going well you should see a new device found bubble in the bottom right hand corner..... hope this helps you, Good luck

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your pcie slot is inactive , thats why your card isnt being detected have you installed your mobo drivers?

yesyesyes. This is highly irritating.

Originally Posted by gd0t

thats what i thought, but theres nothing in the bios, look at link i provided.. screenshots of the bios is on there!

Dude i see no Bios screen shot, Just device manager shots and those are 2 totally different things, anyway as a "process of elimination" have you connected the supplementary power connection form your PSU (power supply) to the 8800??