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scotgoth   06-23-2009 at 01:38:06 PM

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?

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r_manic   06-24-2009 at 10:12:20 AM
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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.

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rescawen   06-24-2009 at 11:08:57 AM
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lol, u could have just bought another 4850 and CFed them :d

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zipzoomflyhigh   06-24-2009 at 02:08:40 PM
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Yeah I dont see the point of your "upgrade". The 4850 and 4870 are the same identicle card but one has DDR3 and one had DDR5.

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