problems with my M3 video card and my Tatung Ultra 10 clone

i took this Elite 3D M3 video card out of my Ultra 60 machine which was replaced with an M6. the card was working w/o issue in the Ultra 60. however, i'm getting no video when i power the Tatung machine.

yes, the M3 is does work with an AXi motherboard. any ideas what's causing the problem?

What OS/version are you using?

Some info from SUN:
Framebuffer Name
Elite3D-m3
Elite3D-m3

Elite3D-m6
Elite3D-m6

AFB
AFB

Description
24-bit Color FB

Device
/dev/fbs/m64
/dev/fbs/gfxp

Packages
SUNWafb (Elite3D Device Driver)
SUNWafbcf (Elite3D Configuration S/W)
SUNWafbmn (Elite3D Manual Pages)
SUNWafbw (Elite3D Window Sys Support)
SUNWafbxg (Elite3D XGL Support)

Config Command
afbconfig

Minimum Solaris
2.6 3/98 or 2.5.1 11/97

SUNafb pkgs for 2.5.1 11/97 support are on the Elite3D Supplemental CD

Elite 3D Notes: Changing the Elite 3D Resolution

To see which resolutions are supported on the system for this card, issue the command:

# /usr/sbin/afbconfig -res \?

Q. How do I configure this card?

A. Use /usr/lib/fbconfig/SUNWifb_config

Help options available by using: SUNWifb_config -help