totalgruzin
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hey guys.
i ordered an XFX Nvidia 6800xt 256mb AND a stick of 1gb ram and got them today....
i put in the ram first figuring....u know...u just put the stick in and boot the comp...dont have to configure anything or w/e
ram was recognized and ran good with my old 512 stick and my old radeon9600 (although....i DID notice a beep at startup that wasnt there b4...dont know if thats a bad sign)
after that i put in my new 6800xt....and thats when the problem happened....when i went to turn on my PS...i heard a loud beep and the comp wouldnt start after that
i first thought that the card required too much power and my PS couldnt handle it...(i have an XClio 450w btw) so just out of curiousity i unplugged my dvd drive and my floppy drive but it still made a beep and wouldnt turn on......
my buddy told me to try with JUST the 1gb stick and then try with JUST my old ram (512 and 256)
i did and i noticed that it still wouldnt turn on with just the new stick...but when i put in the old ram....IT TURNED ON and its working fine as i type NOW!
my question is....WTF IS GOIN ON!?
how does my old card work with my new ram but my new card doesnt and only works with my old ram?
my specs are:
xclio 450w PS
1.5 gb ram (1 +512) and my OLD 768 (512+256)
nvidia 6800xt and my OLD radeon9600
celeron 2.13
i ordered an XFX Nvidia 6800xt 256mb AND a stick of 1gb ram and got them today....
i put in the ram first figuring....u know...u just put the stick in and boot the comp...dont have to configure anything or w/e
ram was recognized and ran good with my old 512 stick and my old radeon9600 (although....i DID notice a beep at startup that wasnt there b4...dont know if thats a bad sign)
after that i put in my new 6800xt....and thats when the problem happened....when i went to turn on my PS...i heard a loud beep and the comp wouldnt start after that
i first thought that the card required too much power and my PS couldnt handle it...(i have an XClio 450w btw) so just out of curiousity i unplugged my dvd drive and my floppy drive but it still made a beep and wouldnt turn on......
my buddy told me to try with JUST the 1gb stick and then try with JUST my old ram (512 and 256)
i did and i noticed that it still wouldnt turn on with just the new stick...but when i put in the old ram....IT TURNED ON and its working fine as i type NOW!
my question is....WTF IS GOIN ON!?
how does my old card work with my new ram but my new card doesnt and only works with my old ram?
my specs are:
xclio 450w PS
1.5 gb ram (1 +512) and my OLD 768 (512+256)
nvidia 6800xt and my OLD radeon9600
celeron 2.13