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[JPB]

Ok, I gave my old BFG 7900GTX to my brother.

He has a Biostar T-6100 micro ATX board with 1 gig of memory and a Athlon 3000+.

He installed Medieval Total War and when he tries to run the game, the game kicks him out.

The card *I know since I ran it for almost two years* at full load the temp never exceeded 45C.

Any suggestions ?

He also states it does it with other games as well. His power supply is a Rosewill 550 with two 12v rails and 18a on each.

Edit: Just a little FYI. Last night I put this build together for him and did a fresh install of XP Pro. And installed the latest video drivers for the GTX.

Maybe it has something to do with the drivers ?

Power supply This here is the power supply he is using.

 

[JPB]

Ok, he just tried the drivers that came with the card on the disc, and it kicked him again.

Each time it kicks him out, everything continues to run, but the monitor seems to lose signal. I have a feeling it is due to power.

The power supply has a 20 power connector...and an additional 4 pin that connects to make a 24 pin connector. He does not have the standard 4 pin plugged in on the other side of the motherboard. Is this required ?

 

[JPB]

Originally posted by: JPB
Ok, he just tried the drivers that came with the card on the disc, and it kicked him again.

Each time it kicks him out, everything continues to run, but the monitor seems to lose signal. I have a feeling it is due to power.

The power supply has a 20 power connector...and an additional 4 pin that connects to make a 24 pin connector. He does not have the standard 4 pin plugged in on the other side of the motherboard. Is this required ?

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[SergeC]

Originally posted by: JPB
Ok, he just tried the drivers that came with the card on the disc, and it kicked him again.

Each time it kicks him out, everything continues to run, but the monitor seems to lose signal. I have a feeling it is due to power.

The power supply has a 20 power connector...and an additional 4 pin that connects to make a 24 pin connector. He does not have the standard 4 pin plugged in on the other side of the motherboard. Is this required ?

Plugging it in can resolve a lot of stability issues (like this, for example), so yes, I'd say it's strongly recommended.

 

[JPB]

Originally posted by: SergeC

Originally posted by: JPB
Ok, he just tried the drivers that came with the card on the disc, and it kicked him again.

Each time it kicks him out, everything continues to run, but the monitor seems to lose signal. I have a feeling it is due to power.

The power supply has a 20 power connector...and an additional 4 pin that connects to make a 24 pin connector. He does not have the standard 4 pin plugged in on the other side of the motherboard. Is this required ?

Plugging it in can resolve a lot of stability issues (like this, for example), so yes, I'd say it's strongly recommended.

Actually I found out what the problem was. I figured it was a PSU problem, so I posted it here Anand thread