Gainward 7800GS not receiving sufficient power message

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meself

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Hi

I keep getting the following message on power-up:-

"Your Nvidia graphics card is not receiving sufficient power. As a result the graphics card has lowered its performance to a level that allows continued safe operation".

My system specs are as follows:-

Gainward BLISS 7800GS AGP
Driver date 07/10/2008
Driver version 6.14.11.7824

M/B Asus A7N8X 2.0 Deluxe with XP2500

2 x1mb sticks OCZ PC3200 ram

500 watt OCZ Stealth X Stream psu

Ok it?s not the newest system in the world?haha?but it does me.

The psu is brand new and I got the same message on a Hiper 580 psu.

Any ideas. I?ve searched the web but could not find a single answer that was specific to my problem without the psu being at fault.
 
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TemjinGold

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Does your card have a power connector on its end? If so, did you plug that into your psu?
 
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meself

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Hi TemjinGold thank you for your quick reply

Yes sorry I should have said that its connected to the psu via the 6 pin connector
 
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meself

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Hi cusideabelincoln

I?m trying at the moment but can you believe that I am having trouble trying to find drivers to download.

All the sites that I have been on seem to want to download a Driver Detective type scan and charge me 30or 40 quid
 
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meself

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Sorry spittledip and yh125d my mistake.

Just downloaded new driver :-

Driver date 10/06/2009
Driver version 6.14.11.8618

But I still get the same message
 
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yh125d

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Reseat the GPU/recheck the GPU power cord for any possible disconnect/looseness
 
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meself

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Done all that several times yh125d and as I mentioned earlier this happened with another psu as well.

Now this is strange since the update to 186.18_whql.html from nvidia site the message now only flashes on screen for a second after turning my system on and then disappears.

Previously the message stayed on screen permanently unless I pressed ok or after I pressed more information and then ok.

So something has changed since the driver update??????..but what

nvidia power warning
 
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meself

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Originally posted by: TemjinGold
If yes, your 7800 probably has some damage...
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Thats what I was dreading.

Yep 2 different psu?s so two different power connections

 
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TemjinGold

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There is also the possibility the damage is your AGP slot. Can you try the card in another machine?
 
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betasub

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Originally posted by: TemjinGold
Have you tried different GPU power cords? If yes, your 7800 probably has some damage...
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Seems likely if driver, PSU, power cord and mobo are fine. OP should check the power connector and pins on the graphics card itself: I've seen metal traces from the power socket to the board become fractured (on more the one card) and cause low power symptoms.
 
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meself

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Success???????but how.

I swear that I have not done anything different from when I installed the new drivers yesterday??????but the error power message has gone.

My system does boot a tad different i.e. XP loading bar as normal?????then the screen flashes (goes black for a second which it never used to)????.. then welcome screen as normal??so far all ok.

Thank you to all who have replied to this thread I really appreciate your help and advice

I?ll keep me fingers crossed

Sláinte :beer:
 
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