DDR1 motherboard with DDR2 Graphics card

psd99

psd99

psd99

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Hi guys,

Got a problem here.

I've got a Sony Vaio desktop PC which has a DDR 1 (2GB) of memory and I want to upgrade the graphics card.

I had a Nvidia FX 5600 128MB DDR1 Ram and I got a ATI Radeon HD2400 PRO 512 DDR2 RAM.

I had no problem with my old card it used to work fine on XP. But since I have tried my new card it keeps getting stuck on the BIOS. I noticed that the system halts on reading NVRAM. I then have to turn of off the PC manually and restart it.

Then again it goes into the BIOS I see it halting on NVRAM. Sometimes it will get into XP but it will freeze and totally lock up the PC.

I haven't seen this thing before does this mean that there is a compatibility problem as my 2GB of RAM is DDR1 and my new graphics card is DDR2?

Please let me know what you all think?
 
The RAM on the gfx and system should be independant and it shouldn't affect it at all. As long as the card was AGP standard too it should be fine.

Sounds like there may be a problem with the new card, was it new? Check the fan is spinning on the new card and then I would test the system again with the old card, and if it works fine you've probably got a faulty radeon there, in which case i'd see if you can get anyone else to test it, then send it back.
 
Hi the fan on the new card works fine.

I shall test the new card on another machine and see what happens that machine is also DDR1 memory.

What is the chances of the GFX being faulty if it does boot up but stops in the BIOS?
 
1 - pop the old card back in and see if it works

If yes, try the new card in another system to make sure the new card is actually working fine,

what power supply do you have.? might be pushing it to the limit and the new card topping it off resulting in an instable system
 
PSU is a fair point, but I wouldn't have thought there to be a large power difference in those two cards. The sony machines shouldnt have been manufactured with such close limits surely? Though I suppose the PSU will degrade in performance over time.
 
hi guys the new card works fine in another system read the nvram fine no problems.

just trying psu right now

how about the bios guys need an upgrade?
 
Yeah that is possible too, didn't really think about that. Check the sony website for any updates, might be worth jumping on the latest version if there is one.

Did the other system boot and everything too?
 
would be a bit of a difference in power consumption, and usually these pre-build systems from leading manufacturers have the bare minimum psu of what is required of the system at that time, and with the degrade in performance of the psu over the years and upgrade of graphics card might just have done it :)
 
hi all i put another psu in and it does the same thing halts on nvram

could it be the voltage running into something

should ichange any voltages?

couldnt find a latestr bios version either

it is a sony pcv-rs346

other system booted fine no problems with this new card
 
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