X1600 Problem

[GeneralDodo]

This morning after having installed new RAM, after I turned on my PC I noticed a red screen behind bootup screen saying something about video bios and whatnot. I wasn't quite sure what it was complaining about, so I allowed it to continue to boot. Everything worked fine, or so I though until I loaded up GTA:SA. During the process of loading up, I got some artifacting, and once it finally loaded into the game, it crashed, and my monitor read 'Sync Over Range'. I decided to test this out with more graphics intensive applications, and got the same problem everytime. I did drop one RAM stick onto my graphics card accidently during installation, but I dont think it was bad enough to do any damage to the pcb. No physical damage is visible, so I doubt it did anything.

[POGE]

Try reinstalling CCC... see if you can find out what that red screen said.

[GeneralDodo]

the message was difficult to see, it was behind the bootup screen, but i was able to make out that it had something to do with video bios, the usual STOP 0X0000 or whatever lol. i'll try reinstalling ccc and i hope i dont freeze up before i am able to do so x_x

[POGE]

See if the problem fixes when you take out the new ram.

[GeneralDodo]

okay, I removed the old ram ( Kingston HyperX DDR400 2x512 ) and put in a Corsair Valueram 1GB stick, and everything loaded up fine, was able to even play GTA:SA. Maybe my motherboard is crap and cant handle my ram's timings x_x