not enough power to 6800 GT

[Rami7007]

My friend has just built a new sytem.... he has a antec true 430 PSU and a PCI-E 6800 gt.....

every once and a while a message pops up saying that there isnt enough power to his GPU..... He has checked many times and the cables are plugged in right for the power to his 6800... Is this a problem with his PSU??? We have no clue what the hell could be wrong...

 

[ts3433]

How many drives does he have?

 

[0010010110]

Originally posted by: Rami7007
My friend has just built a new sytem.... he has a antec true 430 PSU and a PCI-E 6800 gt.....

every once and a while a message pops up saying that there isnt enough power to his GPU..... He has checked many times and the cables are plugged in right for the power to his 6800... Is this a problem with his PSU??? We have no clue what the hell could be wrong...

Hmm, a True430 should be more than enough.
What else does he have in his system?

 

[ohnnyj]

Do you know what motherboad he has? It may require a molex connector to the mobo itself. He needs to make sure that the four pin connector is also connected to the motherboard. (This all holds especially true if it is an A8N-SLI).

 

[ribbon13]

Is that a 20-pin PSU in a 24-pin board?

 

[Rami7007]

yes.... it is a 20-pin PSU and a 24 pin mobo..... (no he doesnt have a converter on it)

he has:

6800 GT PCIE
Chaintech Nforce 4 mobo
AMD 3500+ @ 2.4 Ghz
i gig pc3200 corsiar value select
NEC 3520
250 gig HDD

 

[AristoV300]

That PSU should be fine. Do his 12v rail droop under load?