i just got another geforce 8500 gt video card to install in my pc that i built. i have a pentuim d 3.4 gh dual core, 3 gigs of pc5300 ram, an asus sli motherboard. after i installed the other video card i started getting problems with my pc shutting down or giving me a blue screen of death before restarting. i thought that it might be the new video card so i uninstalled it and tried the one that i had installed originally. same thing happens! the pc just restarts when it goes into windows. i have also tried to reinstall windows but after rebooting into a fresh copy of windows xp it does the same thing. my power supply worked fine before trying to install the second video card so thats why i think i might have burnt it out somehow. the power supply was a 500w that had a bunch if connections. i think i might have gotten a power supply that doesn't support an sli setup. i later looked on the box of the power supply and it didn't say anything about being sli compatible.
2007-07-06 00:52:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
i took out all other components like two out of the three ram chips, dvd drive, tv card, and everything else and just left the power supply, one one gig stick a small laptop sata hard drive, and one of the two video cards and it still shuts down in windows and not in the bios. although i think my pc shut itself of within the bios after about 15 to 30 minutes. i've also tried loading the default settings in the bios and windows still wants to restart. i'm thinking it is the power supply, but if it is then why is my computer shutting off after i uninstalled all of the components that i just listed. i just think its weird.
2007-07-06 01:19:46 · update #1
i forgot to add that i also added a new asus cpu cooler. it keeps my processor at about 42 to 49 degrees instead of 50 to 55 so i don't think its an overheating issue. i also have an intake fan in the front of my case and an outtake on the back. it also seems like that my power supply gets kinda hot. hotter than when i first installed it. i think i might install the original power supply and a working pci video card like a geforce 4 mx and see if the system boots up and if it does then i think it is the power supply. i have never had a power supply that has gotten so hot before!
2007-07-06 01:25:49 · update #2
well i just tried another power supply. lol but i did something stupid i tried a 380w power supply and i think the motherboard needs at least a 400w so it was doing the same thing even after installing a working geforce 2 mx video card. what kind of signs should i look for to make sure its just not my motherboard acting up
2007-07-06 09:28:29 · update #3
Well, the first thing to try would be a new power supply but with all that heat in the box something else might have blown. I would also carefully examine the motherboard.
2007-07-06 01:00:38 · answer #1 · answered by ROY L 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ok right well if it keeps restarting its a power issue on a system like that you need a big PSU say 600-800 watts i'd have thought though something a bit bigger would be a safer bet really however also think about cooling as that sort of system will chuck out a fair amount of heat, you want 2 or three fans, on the case a very good CPU cooler if your using the boxed one get a zalman (im thinking of a large copper one) and fit it, you may also want to think about water cooling its a litle costy but its well worth it effective cooling very quiet only 1 large fan needed and you can cool CPU GPU chipset and HDD off one system, think about thermaltake big water
2007-07-06 01:37:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the blue screen of death does not sound like a power supply problem but an overheating problem. check the fan on your processor and see if it is working ok. also if the fan on the power supply is working during the blue screen it is not power related.
2007-07-06 01:00:02 · answer #3 · answered by Cyber-Medic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"after i installed the other video card i started getting problems with my pc shutting down or giving me a blue screen of death before restarting" - means your PSU is OK.
It's not burnt out, it's too small. Get a bigger PSU.
2007-07-06 00:59:15 · answer #4 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 00:26:34 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋