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PC Problems; WTF!!
Topic Started: Oct 20 2005, 11:42 AM (153 Views)
MongwopMan
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Yo peeps, I gotta PC Problem (go figure)

My machine has started acting WHACK. Sometimes when i power up, the screen remains blank, and i have to pull out my power cables and reconnect them before the thing will boot, this usually includes my GFX card not initalizing. Then also i can be in windows and the monitor will go black and flicker at me, then it's reboot time. Or better yet, i'll be jammin a game or something and the screen will go Psyachadelic colors and freeze the machine.

It's getting to a point of really cheesing me off. I have a 350 watt PSU in there, but i also have a spare 400watt lying around that im gonna put in there to test if maybe the load is too much.

What u peeps think?
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VoodooprophetII
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It the PSU.....you have a 6800GT or not....... In any case,m I know that the lovely colour checkers on the screen amounts to the GFX not getting it's desired current....also check the cable going to the GFX, maybe it's a little damaged....if your GFX takes an outside cable..... check all the cables first, befor ejust changing the PSU....I'm almost certain it's the PSU, but you never know....
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Seeing as you have lights and water cooling and SATA's and a 6800GT I'm 95% sure that you need to use the 400Watt PSU

350 watts is a bit too little I reckon.

Was your pentium machine giving the same issue?
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Maplassie GTR
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Swap the power supply, and check what happens. after that, install another VGA card in your machine, and check what happens if you play games and shyte. I know this can be a weird thing to troubleshoot, cause it does not always do this, only random, right? Had a sorta similar thing when I had my First Ti4600 Card or something.
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MongwopMan
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sometimes it does it when it has a load and sometimes i can be jammin winamp and it'll do it!

im beggining to pull my hair out!
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Yeah... I would also say it is the PSU... I do have a wee bit of PC experience...
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VoodooprophetII
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It's the PSU.........but still check those cables going into the GFX and the other cables from the PSU being in use as well. But 350Watt is a bit on the "Not enough" side....
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Maplassie GTR
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Definitly. I dont know how I could ever get along without my trusty Thermaltake Silent Purepower 480w!
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VoodooprophetII
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That Thermaltake Silent Pure Power..... What's the Amp rating on the 12V rail. And does the PSU have 24pin connector?

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Maplassie GTR
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This is all I could scavange so far, Otherwise I will have to go and lookTonight
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Maplassie GTR
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So now let's see what we are actually talking about in terms of power. If a watt is Volts * Amps, then 12V * 18A = 216 watts, and then the other lines. 5V * 40A = 200W and 3.3V * 30A = 99W. So totaling up the different wattages, we see that this thing can provide a max of 515 on he positive rails. The negative rails are also there, and they provide the remaining 35 watts (equaling 550 watts MAX).
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MongwopMan
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well i got 1 x ccfl
4 x case fans with leds
GFX card (6800gt)
1 x hdd
1 x dvd-rom (dont laugh)
on the machine plus all the usual goodies
so mebbe i should just change the farkin PSU!!

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Maplassie GTR
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Do it dude, It's a sound investment!
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MongwopMan
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LOOOOL!!!

ok seeing as my private job cancelled now, looks like i will have time to do it tonight!
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Maplassie GTR
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Private "JOB"..... should I put the word "blow" somewhere in the sentence?
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