Ati 4870 woes

[scotgoth]

hi,i recently purchased a xfx ati radeon 4870 graphics card,i installed it,connected the power cables but when i started my pc the cpu/chipset/memory error light came on on my motherboard and pc didnt boot,i re installed my old 4850 and everything was fine again,any1 got any ideas/help?

thermaltake kandalf liquid cooled case
600 watt ocz modxtreme psu
biostar ta790gx motherboard
8gb ocz pc640 ddr2 ram
amd phenom 9950 black edition
vista home premium 64 bit

 

[r_manic]

Mind asking a friend if he can try out the card on his or her computer? That way you can isolate the card as the problem if it is indeed so.

 

[rescawen]

lol, u could have just bought another 4850 and CFed them :d