will a generic 300w PSU be able to BOOT an 8800gt?

[LOUISSSSS]

i'd like to diagnose my friends dell which only has a 300w generic psu. it has a PCI-Ex slot so i can would like to know if i can drop in my 8800gt just to see if i can get into bios and windows to grab some info... will it hurt my video card or his psu?

total on time would be 10mins mad

Kicking over to PSUs

- AmberClad (Video Mod)

 

[s44]

300W Dell PSU? Almost certainly. They're very conservatively rated (and, I believe, Delta-made).

 

[yh125d]

Easily. You're not stressing anything, so you're barely going to be above idle wattages

 

[PianoMan]

Confirmed. My Main Rig below draws 170W at idle and 260W while gaming as measured with a Kill-A-Watt at the wall outlet.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: PianoMan
Confirmed. My Main Rig below draws 170W at idle and 260W while gaming as measured with a Kill-A-Watt at the wall outlet.

are you confirming that a 300watt delta PSu from a DELL system can boot up an 8800gt and allow me to get into desktop to change some settings?

 

[yh125d]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS

Originally posted by: PianoMan
Confirmed. My Main Rig below draws 170W at idle and 260W while gaming as measured with a Kill-A-Watt at the wall outlet.

are you confirming that a 300watt delta PSu from a DELL system can boot up an 8800gt and allow me to get into desktop to change some settings?

Yes, easily so. You're very much overestimating power requirements

 

[LOUISSSSS]

UPDATE: so i brought in my 8800gt today and plugged it into the pci-ex slot. and i could NOT boot up. i'm aware that i need a 6-pin power adapter and i had one, but there were 0 4-pin molex plugs to put the adapter on. what a retarded design lol.

so when i tried to boot up w/o the 6pin, all i got was no video, no 8800gt fan spinning and a long beep.

dell psu = failure w/o 4-pin plugs, all i saw were some sata power plugs

 

[yh125d]

http://www.performance-pcs.com...info&products_id=20580 + included molex -> PCI-e adapter?

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: yh125d
http://www.performance-pcs.com...info&products_id=20580 + included molex -> PCI-e adapter?

lol this is such a waste of time for shipping and money for a useless item. all psus SHOULD HAVE 4-pin molex's. but this dell doesn't lol.

 

[yh125d]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS

Originally posted by: yh125d
http://www.performance-pcs.com...info&products_id=20580 + included molex -> PCI-e adapter?

lol this is such a waste of time for shipping and money for a useless item. all psus SHOULD HAVE 4-pin molex's. but this dell doesn't lol.

Like I've said before, the lengths OEM's go to limit your upgrade options... Makes me really not care too much for them. I mean, do they really have to go out of their way to make it near impossible to work on? sheesh...

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
UPDATE: so i brought in my 8800gt today and plugged it into the pci-ex slot. and i could NOT boot up. i'm aware that i need a 6-pin power adapter and i had one, but there were 0 4-pin molex plugs to put the adapter on. what a retarded design lol.

so when i tried to boot up w/o the 6pin, all i got was no video, no 8800gt fan spinning and a long beep.

dell psu = failure w/o 4-pin plugs, all i saw were some sata power plugs

You need the 6 pin for the card to work IIRC.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
UPDATE: so i brought in my 8800gt today and plugged it into the pci-ex slot. and i could NOT boot up. i'm aware that i need a 6-pin power adapter and i had one, but there were 0 4-pin molex plugs to put the adapter on. what a retarded design lol.

so when i tried to boot up w/o the 6pin, all i got was no video, no 8800gt fan spinning and a long beep.

dell psu = failure w/o 4-pin plugs, all i saw were some sata power plugs

You need the 6 pin for the card to work IIRC.

yea i'm aware now... at the time, i didn't have anything to work with so i tried to plug it in and power it on and hope that it would at least boot up under low-power circumstances...

 

[themisfit610]

I had the same problem with a little Inspiron desktop I had lying around. I was able to flash the BIOS to support an X2 4800+ (over the stock Sempron 3000+), and support 4GB of RAM, but the PSU didn't have enough molex connectors to connect my 8800gt

I ended up getting a new PSU (which wouldn't fit in the case, wonderfully enough).

After much hymming and hawwing, I decided to just build a whole new box, and give the Dell to a friend

-MiSfit