Specs:
Athlon XP 1600+
Abit KR7A (no RAID)
SB Live!
PCI Ethernet Card (hrm not sure what exactly)
Maxtor 60 GB
1''44 diskdrive
LiteOn 24x10x40 CD R/RW
But I think the problem needs to be sought in:
Power Supply 300W
MSI GeForce3 Ti200
I am 99,9% sure it is not a software issue. Tried basically all drivers, had trouble on WinXP, switched back to Win98, still the same trouble.
Symptoms:
Screen goes into standby mode. Sometimes hard reboot helps. Usually I had to get the GF3 out of the AGP Slot and put it back in to get it to work again.
Current situation:
I am running with a 2mb PCI Matrox atm because my computer refuses to boot with my MSI GeForce3 Ti200, no beep, nothing.
I tried taking everything off the motherboard and it still didn't boot... no beep, nothing.
But when I remove the AGP card it beeps...
I also tried running with both the Matrox (monitor connected to it) and the GeForce3.
When it tries to install drivers for the videocard it locks up my computer though, I restarted in safe mode and connected my monitor to the GeForce. No screen.
It was okay for the last couple of weeks but yesterday I experienced a lot of crashes in a small timespan again like I have had before, I ran for a while with a TNT2 Ultra back than, no problems.
Now there is a cable going from the videocard itself to the cooler on the videocard.
Possible solutions I thought of (need advice on what I should try):
- Get an extension cable to connect the cooler on the videocard to the motherboard for power instead of to the videocard itself. This could take load off the AGP slot
- Get another videocard to see if that resolves the problem and than sell the GF3 (expensive solution)
- Get a better powersupply (expensive but far less than a new videocard). Thinking about an Enermax 430W, open for suggestions.
Now I did some research on the power supplies:
I was checking out the following:
http://www.geforcefaq.com/faq.cgi#hw:gefower
Elsa provides the following power supply recommendations when using a GeForce card and Athlon processor:
20A for the +3.3V power.
30A for the +5V power.
165W for the combined +5V/+3.3V power.
My power supply:
30A for the +5V Power, 150W for the combined +5V/+3.3V power... and only 14A for the +3.3V power.
That's clearly below it, although it seems a 300W PowerSupply itself is sufficient, mine is crap! (?)
Now I would greatly appreciate feedback on these points:
1) Buy another PSU (Enermax 350W, can't seem to find anyone selling Antec here in Holland), see if it helps. It might be a good idea to do this anyway as my current one doesn't seem good enough. Should I??? Or is it likely not going to make a difference???
2) Is the AGP slot dead? Wouldn't say so as it still detects the AGP card...
3) Is the videocard dead? It used to boot up, yes it crashed, yes I had to remove it from AGP slot and insert it again but it would boot... now it doesn't boot at all anymore, cleared CMOS etc. didn't help.
During the weekend I can take my videocard to my other computer to see if it works there... than bring my TNT2 Ultra back to this computer and see if that one works here. But I could already purchase the PSU tomorrow, else it'll be Tuesday/Wednesday until I have it.
Advice please!
Athlon XP 1600+
Abit KR7A (no RAID)
SB Live!
PCI Ethernet Card (hrm not sure what exactly)
Maxtor 60 GB
1''44 diskdrive
LiteOn 24x10x40 CD R/RW
But I think the problem needs to be sought in:
Power Supply 300W
MSI GeForce3 Ti200
I am 99,9% sure it is not a software issue. Tried basically all drivers, had trouble on WinXP, switched back to Win98, still the same trouble.
Symptoms:
Screen goes into standby mode. Sometimes hard reboot helps. Usually I had to get the GF3 out of the AGP Slot and put it back in to get it to work again.
Current situation:
I am running with a 2mb PCI Matrox atm because my computer refuses to boot with my MSI GeForce3 Ti200, no beep, nothing.
I tried taking everything off the motherboard and it still didn't boot... no beep, nothing.
But when I remove the AGP card it beeps...
I also tried running with both the Matrox (monitor connected to it) and the GeForce3.
When it tries to install drivers for the videocard it locks up my computer though, I restarted in safe mode and connected my monitor to the GeForce. No screen.
It was okay for the last couple of weeks but yesterday I experienced a lot of crashes in a small timespan again like I have had before, I ran for a while with a TNT2 Ultra back than, no problems.
Now there is a cable going from the videocard itself to the cooler on the videocard.
Possible solutions I thought of (need advice on what I should try):
- Get an extension cable to connect the cooler on the videocard to the motherboard for power instead of to the videocard itself. This could take load off the AGP slot
- Get another videocard to see if that resolves the problem and than sell the GF3 (expensive solution)
- Get a better powersupply (expensive but far less than a new videocard). Thinking about an Enermax 430W, open for suggestions.
Now I did some research on the power supplies:
I was checking out the following:
http://www.geforcefaq.com/faq.cgi#hw:gefower
Elsa provides the following power supply recommendations when using a GeForce card and Athlon processor:
20A for the +3.3V power.
30A for the +5V power.
165W for the combined +5V/+3.3V power.
My power supply:
30A for the +5V Power, 150W for the combined +5V/+3.3V power... and only 14A for the +3.3V power.
That's clearly below it, although it seems a 300W PowerSupply itself is sufficient, mine is crap! (?)
Now I would greatly appreciate feedback on these points:
1) Buy another PSU (Enermax 350W, can't seem to find anyone selling Antec here in Holland), see if it helps. It might be a good idea to do this anyway as my current one doesn't seem good enough. Should I??? Or is it likely not going to make a difference???
2) Is the AGP slot dead? Wouldn't say so as it still detects the AGP card...
3) Is the videocard dead? It used to boot up, yes it crashed, yes I had to remove it from AGP slot and insert it again but it would boot... now it doesn't boot at all anymore, cleared CMOS etc. didn't help.
During the weekend I can take my videocard to my other computer to see if it works there... than bring my TNT2 Ultra back to this computer and see if that one works here. But I could already purchase the PSU tomorrow, else it'll be Tuesday/Wednesday until I have it.
Advice please!
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