Ok, so I've been trying to get my new system up and running for awhile now (no time!). It's an Asus M3N78PRO motherboard with an AMD Phenom 9600 2.3GHz 4-core and 4GB RAM plus one HDD (PATA, 80GB) and one optical drive (Asus DVD/RW, SATA).
Now, the machine works just fine running the motherboard video, and I was able to install everything, namely WinXP Pro and some basic apps. However, when I install the 9600GSO, the thing will boot into Windows 50% of the time but then cycles to "No signal" on the monitor and sits there after about 1 minute or so. Just now, it didn't even get to Windows at all. I can't tell if the computer is responsive or not.
Is the power supply insufficient? Doing some digging just now, i found that it could be the culprit, or is the card itself bad? The PSU is the Corsair 400w CMPSU-400CX, which has 30A on the 12V rail, which should be sufficient (80PLUS certified).
I need to find out if the PSU is too weak, or the card needs to be RMA'ed. Thanks!!
Now, the machine works just fine running the motherboard video, and I was able to install everything, namely WinXP Pro and some basic apps. However, when I install the 9600GSO, the thing will boot into Windows 50% of the time but then cycles to "No signal" on the monitor and sits there after about 1 minute or so. Just now, it didn't even get to Windows at all. I can't tell if the computer is responsive or not.
Is the power supply insufficient? Doing some digging just now, i found that it could be the culprit, or is the card itself bad? The PSU is the Corsair 400w CMPSU-400CX, which has 30A on the 12V rail, which should be sufficient (80PLUS certified).
I need to find out if the PSU is too weak, or the card needs to be RMA'ed. Thanks!!
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