hi guys
first time posting here so looking forward to the help/info from your selfs if you would be so kind
rite eh where do i start got an older rig now by todays standards built in 2006. system is as follows:-
amd x2 5000 skt am2 cpu
zalman aero flower cooler am2-amd
msi k9a platinum crossfire skt am2 (have not updated bios since i got it)
320gb barracuda hdd
ati x1950xtx crossfire mastercard
2gb(1gb matched pair) ocz ddr2-800 pc6400
os is vista ultimate 32bit
psu fsp epsilon 700w fx700-80gln
also added in ages ago 4gb(2gb matched pair) geil ddr2-800 pc6400 gaming ram just for the hell of it i know vista cant use it but it was a more money than sense thing!
so problems came about when i bought another x1950xtx card as i always wanted to try the crossfire thing so got it cheap off o ebay plugged it in an tried to power up.
did ok went through bios start up bla bla then just wont start i thought it was a power supply problem but it seems to be that its the amount of ram anything over 2gb an it just wont start up the ram check thing only goes up to 2544 stops for a lil pause then shoots up to full about which would be 6gb but it just wont start up.
have swapped the ram chips about took the ocz out leaving 4gb wont boot up took out 1 of the geil chips out leaving system with 2gb starts can swap them 2 about an it starts the check goes to 2041 or round about that
with either card in the system it starts fine is there a limit with graphics card memory and ram or is it cos it 2 different types of ram memory????
as i said any help or info would be great cos its really startin to pi** me off
cheers
stu
first time posting here so looking forward to the help/info from your selfs if you would be so kind

rite eh where do i start got an older rig now by todays standards built in 2006. system is as follows:-
amd x2 5000 skt am2 cpu
zalman aero flower cooler am2-amd
msi k9a platinum crossfire skt am2 (have not updated bios since i got it)
320gb barracuda hdd
ati x1950xtx crossfire mastercard
2gb(1gb matched pair) ocz ddr2-800 pc6400
os is vista ultimate 32bit
psu fsp epsilon 700w fx700-80gln
also added in ages ago 4gb(2gb matched pair) geil ddr2-800 pc6400 gaming ram just for the hell of it i know vista cant use it but it was a more money than sense thing!
so problems came about when i bought another x1950xtx card as i always wanted to try the crossfire thing so got it cheap off o ebay plugged it in an tried to power up.
did ok went through bios start up bla bla then just wont start i thought it was a power supply problem but it seems to be that its the amount of ram anything over 2gb an it just wont start up the ram check thing only goes up to 2544 stops for a lil pause then shoots up to full about which would be 6gb but it just wont start up.
have swapped the ram chips about took the ocz out leaving 4gb wont boot up took out 1 of the geil chips out leaving system with 2gb starts can swap them 2 about an it starts the check goes to 2041 or round about that
with either card in the system it starts fine is there a limit with graphics card memory and ram or is it cos it 2 different types of ram memory????
as i said any help or info would be great cos its really startin to pi** me off

cheers
stu