Video card screeching

[Salt]

Ok, I just built a computer of my own and I bought a mother board that was DDR2 compatible, and me being an *****, bought a video card that was GDDR3 and when I plugged it into the PCI express slot, it started screaming really loud and I know that it was because of the rejection of the DDR3 but I need to know if that has damaged my video card?

Thanks for the help everyone!

Salt

 

[LinkedKube]

I had a huge laugh at this post. your memory capability doesnt have much of anything to do with the capability of your video card...at all. Maybe you bought a cheap card. You get what you pay for...within a certain time frame that is.

 

[Salt]

Well

Tell you the truth I didn't have a huge laugh.
You learn from your mistakes right?
I did not buy a cheap card. And turns out the screaming was actually an alarm.
Coming from my Mobo saying that I had not plugged the power into my Video card yet.
Now that deserves a "Huge Laugh"

Salt

 

[EXCellR8]

You can use a card with GDDR3 memory, or any type of video memory for that matter. The board memory and video card memory do NOT have to match. As for the screaming, always remember to plug your sh** in!

 

[kimsland]

Salt can you see the problem with double posting?

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