This is an update to a previous post of mine on this forum. Basically, my computer hates to warm boot. If I try, it will lock up before the video card bios is displayed (before POST), forcing me to cold boot. My 5900XT GPU has it's own power connector, and it only seems to happen when this is plugged in. When it's not plugged in, I can succesfully warm boot (from CMOS), but the computer will auto - power down during windows load up. I read in my Nvidia manual that the system is supposed to be able to boot without the power plugged in, and it will automatically scale back the card functionality and display a warning in Windows informing you of this. This is not the case with me. Without that power cord plugged into the GPU, it just won't boot I've tried 2 power supplies (420W and 500W), RMA'd my mobo, got better RAM, and multiple power connector configurations to no avail. But, when Windows does load, it runs like a dream. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Shmoo
AMD 3200+ Barton (not OC'd)
1GB Corsair Twinx PC3200 DDR (2x512MB sticks)
Albatron 5900XTV Nvidia GPU
Gigabyte GA-7NNXP mobo
500W power supply.
WinXP Pro
Flashed most recent bios
Thanks,
Shmoo
AMD 3200+ Barton (not OC'd)
1GB Corsair Twinx PC3200 DDR (2x512MB sticks)
Albatron 5900XTV Nvidia GPU
Gigabyte GA-7NNXP mobo
500W power supply.
WinXP Pro
Flashed most recent bios