Reformat Problem Radeon 9700 Pro?

[djt]

I just installed a Radeon 9700 Pro in my system and when I go to boot off CD(using XP Pro) I get a blank blue screen with what looks like missing text in the upper left hand corner of the screen.
I have removed the Nvidia drivers I had in the system before from my Ti 4600. The card seems to work fine (using the latest ATI drivers) but I cannot reformat the hardrive. My system specs are as follows- Asus P4B533-E, P-4 2.53GHz, Antec 1080B with 430 watt power supply, SB Audigy Platnium EX, Maxtor 80gb 7200rpm hardrive, 2x512mb Corsair PC3200, Windows XP Pro. I have also installed the power connector to the card from the hardrive just as instructed. On a positive note the card is a beast, higher resolutions and higher filtering settings do not seem to make this card flinch. I also need to find out about that revision number, where can I find it on the card?

[funnyperson1]

what do you mean you cant reformat? your computer wont allow it, or you have important data that you cant back up?

[djt]

It will not let me do a fresh Windows install. The first screen you get when booting off the CD asks if you accept Microsoft's licensing agreement (then hit F-8), the problem I have is that there is no text displayed on this screen. I only get the blue screen and cut off text in the upper left hand corner?

[djt]

I just took the video card out and looked for revision numbers. On the fan side of the card painted on the board the only numbers I could find are: PN 109-94200-11. On the smooth side of the card printed on a white sticker I have: S/N 180241 000983,
then under this is: P/N 1029420613 066185. Is this a new board or the older version?

[OnDborder]

As it has been said many times before this,, please give us more info on your system. Like what is in my sig(lower left corner of this post).