Multiclip questions in Final Cut Pro 6

OK, so far I have did multiclip with HD QT movies. When I do it, it does not show them playing together in the canvas when set the sync option to open. It only shows the active angle, when I press pause it shows both angles.
I have not experimented with regular SD yet. Is this a problem that can be resolved or is it a computer speed issue.
I have a 15 inch macbook pro, 2.2 ghz, 2 gigs of rams. It is one of the newer models.

I had a hard time with it the other day and I basically started over to fix it.
Mark the in point or out point on all the clips in the browser if not using the same timecodes.
Select all the clips in the browser, got to MODIFY>MAKE MULTICLIP.
Open the new created clip in the broswer. All videos should play in the same viewer without using the Synch to OPEN.
If it doesn't work, make sure your upgraded to 6.0.1 + OS 10.9.10.
If it still don't work:
Try decreasing the frame rate and quality playback to see if that helps. If that works, then it could be the processing power. (Click the RT button in the timeline)
You can export the HD files as an SD file for a test.
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