I took ur advice and I tried to replace my current graphics card with the 6800 GT OC
I first made sure that any ATI and Nvidia drivers where completely removed prior to installing, using Driver cleaner 3.2
So when I installed the card I used my y-splitter to split the power from my yahama drive (I have no more free connectors left, but I tried using a dedicated one though too)
After installing everything seemed ok since my computer did POST fine but as soon as it tried loading windows xp pro (sp2rc2 installed) my computer's RAID0 hd just like powered themselves off I got a BSOD
So I decided to disconnect my yamaha drive and use that dedicated cable to the graphics card and sure enough windows BSOD and restarted but at the least the HDs didn't shutdown this time
I tried safe mode with everything connected and it loaded fine (I tried loading the drivers then and restart but sure enough as soon as windows tried booting to the desktop, windows BSOD
My conclusion is that my PSU just can no longer handle all the load... any thoughts?
BTW I did notice that my radlinker from my omega install was still installed but I figured that it woudln't have made a difference since it should have been smart enough (or too dumb) to effect the nvidia card
PS
I have:
3.0 gig p4
1 GIG ram
A lite-on dvd burner 851s + yamaha F1 cd-rw
250 gig maxtor ATA and 120 SATA seagate (onboard)
promise fast trak tx2 100 pci - 2+0 RAID0 maxtor/WD 200 gig ATA HD
I'm running a ATI 9600pro 128 meg + creative audigy sound currently also
I currently have a 430 watt antec btw (system runs smooth right now)
I first made sure that any ATI and Nvidia drivers where completely removed prior to installing, using Driver cleaner 3.2
So when I installed the card I used my y-splitter to split the power from my yahama drive (I have no more free connectors left, but I tried using a dedicated one though too)
After installing everything seemed ok since my computer did POST fine but as soon as it tried loading windows xp pro (sp2rc2 installed) my computer's RAID0 hd just like powered themselves off I got a BSOD
So I decided to disconnect my yamaha drive and use that dedicated cable to the graphics card and sure enough windows BSOD and restarted but at the least the HDs didn't shutdown this time
I tried safe mode with everything connected and it loaded fine (I tried loading the drivers then and restart but sure enough as soon as windows tried booting to the desktop, windows BSOD
My conclusion is that my PSU just can no longer handle all the load... any thoughts?
BTW I did notice that my radlinker from my omega install was still installed but I figured that it woudln't have made a difference since it should have been smart enough (or too dumb) to effect the nvidia card
PS
I have:
3.0 gig p4
1 GIG ram
A lite-on dvd burner 851s + yamaha F1 cd-rw
250 gig maxtor ATA and 120 SATA seagate (onboard)
promise fast trak tx2 100 pci - 2+0 RAID0 maxtor/WD 200 gig ATA HD
I'm running a ATI 9600pro 128 meg + creative audigy sound currently also
I currently have a 430 watt antec btw (system runs smooth right now)
