Sorry to come to a forum with 0% posts or participating in these Forums as of yet, I need some help please.
I recently sold my xbox 360 and decided to upgrade my PC!! (best thing i ever did).
Now it's all up and running except today i go and install my new 6800GT i think i have a problem with the Power consumption, I tried to run a 3dmark test at first and my screen went black and my computer restarted, so i booted it back up and Nvidia program tells me it's underclocked my card because the beast isn't getting enough Power!!
Right then i restart it tried again same thing happend, so i went into the Bios and Gave the pci-e slot a 0.1V increase which now lets me run the 3dmark tests but i get glitches on the graphics (but not with Q3)..
The PSU is a no name 550W (i think part of my old PC) and i have NO LP4 (PCI Express 6pin power cable) what should i do upgrade my psu for more power, get a branded PSU or buy a PCI Express power cable and hope that fixes it!..
System is a E6300, Gigabyte 965G-DS3 mobo, 1g of 512X2 ddr800 XM2 Corsair memory, 7200 ide HD WD, 52X CDRW and it ran fine before using my old mans 6800XT, but now trouble started with the MSI 6800GT.
Sorry for the long post, and hope i got the right section of the forum to post in. John
I recently sold my xbox 360 and decided to upgrade my PC!! (best thing i ever did).
Now it's all up and running except today i go and install my new 6800GT i think i have a problem with the Power consumption, I tried to run a 3dmark test at first and my screen went black and my computer restarted, so i booted it back up and Nvidia program tells me it's underclocked my card because the beast isn't getting enough Power!!
Right then i restart it tried again same thing happend, so i went into the Bios and Gave the pci-e slot a 0.1V increase which now lets me run the 3dmark tests but i get glitches on the graphics (but not with Q3)..
The PSU is a no name 550W (i think part of my old PC) and i have NO LP4 (PCI Express 6pin power cable) what should i do upgrade my psu for more power, get a branded PSU or buy a PCI Express power cable and hope that fixes it!..
System is a E6300, Gigabyte 965G-DS3 mobo, 1g of 512X2 ddr800 XM2 Corsair memory, 7200 ide HD WD, 52X CDRW and it ran fine before using my old mans 6800XT, but now trouble started with the MSI 6800GT.
Sorry for the long post, and hope i got the right section of the forum to post in. John