I thought my 380W from my Antec Sonata would be enough for my BFG 6800 ultra OC. When I brought my ultra home I unplugged the two dvd drives to get the two power cables I needed. It ran fine. Then, I used the splitters that came with it and plugged in one DVD drive. When it hit windows, a whining/high pitch squeal occurred (probably from the powersupply). Also, the Dvd burner was acting a bit funny. I couldn't read the disk I just burned. I replaced my videocard witht he puny old one and returned everything to normal (with all drives attached), and the squealing went away and the DVD drives could suddenly read the dvds again.
Note, I do have some extra equipment in mine :
2DVD burners
3Hardrives
Cat5 card
Wireless G network pci card
(4)USB PCI Card.
120mm fan (came with sonata)
upgraded CPU fan (cooler master Xdream II)
After, I finished the burn, I unplugged my DVD drives and Wireless card, and put in the 6800ultra card. Now I still hear the squeal but it is not as audible (very slight).
Do power supply units (psu's) squeal when there is a lot of stress?
If I end up keeping this card, I'm definitely gonna upgrade to a beefier one, especially since I might upgrade from my AMD athlon xp 2400+(really outdated for this gfx card).
BTW(by the way): My card temp runs fine always below 60C. (according to the NVIDIA driver program)
Please leave any comments about squeal? could it be something else.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/05/10/news_6096837.html is a link to the article that lead me to believe that my small psu would be enough. Apparently, I could be wrong.
Semi-Related: When I plug a sole molex cable (don't remember, but lets say the right one from a top view) it gives me a beep beep (warning from card?) and when I plug the sole molex in to the other side it doesn't. I did try switching molex cables with my DVD drives just to make sure I don't have a bad one.
Note, I do have some extra equipment in mine :
2DVD burners
3Hardrives
Cat5 card
Wireless G network pci card
(4)USB PCI Card.
120mm fan (came with sonata)
upgraded CPU fan (cooler master Xdream II)
After, I finished the burn, I unplugged my DVD drives and Wireless card, and put in the 6800ultra card. Now I still hear the squeal but it is not as audible (very slight).
Do power supply units (psu's) squeal when there is a lot of stress?
If I end up keeping this card, I'm definitely gonna upgrade to a beefier one, especially since I might upgrade from my AMD athlon xp 2400+(really outdated for this gfx card).
BTW(by the way): My card temp runs fine always below 60C. (according to the NVIDIA driver program)
Please leave any comments about squeal? could it be something else.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/05/10/news_6096837.html is a link to the article that lead me to believe that my small psu would be enough. Apparently, I could be wrong.
Semi-Related: When I plug a sole molex cable (don't remember, but lets say the right one from a top view) it gives me a beep beep (warning from card?) and when I plug the sole molex in to the other side it doesn't. I did try switching molex cables with my DVD drives just to make sure I don't have a bad one.