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GeForce 5950 - Bad Card or Not Enough Power ?
I got a PNY Geforce 5900 AGP card, the bios is flashed to a 5950, and
I have the abit IT7 mobo, and "HAD' a 350 watt power sup, but soon found out it wouldn't suffice for the new card...as it would constantly just make a glitch click noise and the screen would fill with a solid pattern of orange or multicolored waves, and I would have to turn off the cpu, as a hard reboot still had the distorted screen upon restart. I checked on the PNY site and they said that this is common if the p.s. isn't adeq. SO I got a Antec 450watt...that was used and I think it might be iffy, as I had the card working for a good 4 weeks, it never does this lockup in safe mode, and I have tried over 15 drivers to see if that might help...but always when it will even be sitting at the desktop, it will just make a click and the cpu will freeze.. STuck as to what I need to try next ANy comments or suggestions are much appreciated |
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GeForce 5950 - Bad Card or Not Enough Power ?
TeKrat wrote:
I got a PNY Geforce 5900 AGP card, the bios is flashed to a 5950, and I have the abit IT7 mobo, and "HAD' a 350 watt power sup, but soon found out it wouldn't suffice for the new card...as it would constantly just make a glitch click noise and the screen would fill with a solid pattern of orange or multicolored waves, and I would have to turn off the cpu, as a hard reboot still had the distorted screen upon restart. I checked on the PNY site and they said that this is common if the p.s. isn't adeq. SO I got a Antec 450watt...that was used and I think it might be iffy, as I had the card working for a good 4 weeks, it never does this lockup in safe mode, and I have tried over 15 drivers to see if that might help...but always when it will even be sitting at the desktop, it will just make a click and the cpu will freeze.. STuck as to what I need to try next ANy comments or suggestions are much appreciated Time for PSU #3. |
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GeForce 5950 - Bad Card or Not Enough Power ?
On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:19:49 -0500, "Mr.E Solved!"
wrote: TeKrat wrote: I got a PNY Geforce 5900 AGP card, the bios is flashed to a 5950, and I have the abit IT7 mobo, and "HAD' a 350 watt power sup, but soon found out it wouldn't suffice for the new card...as it would constantly just make a glitch click noise and the screen would fill with a solid pattern of orange or multicolored waves, and I would have to turn off the cpu, as a hard reboot still had the distorted screen upon restart. I checked on the PNY site and they said that this is common if the p.s. isn't adeq. SO I got a Antec 450watt...that was used and I think it might be iffy, as I had the card working for a good 4 weeks, it never does this lockup in safe mode, and I have tried over 15 drivers to see if that might help...but always when it will even be sitting at the desktop, it will just make a click and the cpu will freeze.. STuck as to what I need to try next ANy comments or suggestions are much appreciated Time for PSU #3. I am hoping that is what the problem is, is that what you think, or is it possible there are other issues with the card ..? I need at least 400 to run that probably right... My Old good one was 350, and the new bad one is 450 |
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GeForce 5950 - Bad Card or Not Enough Power ?
There is a misleading fact on watt on the PSU, current system mostly depends
on the amp on the 12V rail. Therefore a high watt doesn't mean a high 12V amp. Since you bought a second hand antec, Antec is a branded PSU and should be having a high 12V amp, it is possible that the old PSU is starting to get weak when you bought it. Cards, CPU, HD, maybe second hand, but no to second hand PSU. Use a PSU calculator and see how many your system consume power and find a high 12V amp PSU matching to the watt given by the calculator. You should find a PSU around 26A and above. |
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GeForce 5950 - Bad Card or Not Enough Power ?
On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:19:49 -0500, "Mr.E Solved!"
wrote: TeKrat wrote: I got a PNY Geforce 5900 AGP card, the bios is flashed to a 5950, and I have the abit IT7 mobo, and "HAD' a 350 watt power sup, but soon found out it wouldn't suffice for the new card...as it would constantly just make a glitch click noise and the screen would fill with a solid pattern of orange or multicolored waves, and I would have to turn off the cpu, as a hard reboot still had the distorted screen upon restart. I checked on the PNY site and they said that this is common if the p.s. isn't adeq. SO I got a Antec 450watt...that was used and I think it might be iffy, as I had the card working for a good 4 weeks, it never does this lockup in safe mode, and I have tried over 15 drivers to see if that might help...but always when it will even be sitting at the desktop, it will just make a click and the cpu will freeze.. STuck as to what I need to try next ANy comments or suggestions are much appreciated Time for PSU #3. I'm running a 680 and 530 (not sure about the 30 as it's out in the shop right now, but it's over 500. That's work shop, not repair shop:-)) I found with my systems NVIDIA 7600GS (250 meg) on this one and in the shop computer that 400 was insufficient. They'd run but would occasionally go unstable. Going to the larger supplies fixed that. OTOH I am running a *lot* of storage capacity which can really tax the power supplies. Find a computer repair shop or go on like and get a good supply for half to one third the cost of what they run at a big box store. (Shop Around) Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com |
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GeForce 5950 - Bad Card or Not Enough Power ?
So you think the card is fine though.. I am not able to test it on
another system before I go and get a new PSU |
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