I have a 450 watt psu and a nvidia 8800 gts, ill be playing a game or just surfing the net and all of the sudden "no video signal".
I've had the system for about a month.
I disconnected one of the fans in my case and the problem goes away; so is it that im on the borderline using power?
2007-11-21 18:09:25 · 4 answers · asked by Stanley S 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Hi. Just the symptoms you are describing. I run an antec 550 watt unit and never had a problem. You cannot have too much clean power.
2007-11-21 18:18:45 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the cheap way around that would to buy a 300 or 350 watt PSU
or if you want to do it right get a big PSU that pumps out 550 watts. but that is money. me I got two PSU one runs my mother board network and video card and the other power supply runs the interface unit that is hooked to the sound card in my computer. I got the sound card PSU off an old junk computer the board was fried I got the computer and all for $2.00 and the PSU is running strong I started useing it 25 years ago and still workingof courses vacuum the fans once a month
2007-11-22 02:37:03 · answer #2 · answered by Paul G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes(most likely) or ur fan on card is failing :) get some bigger psu (starts from 40$) what happends ismwhen ur graphic card reaches higher temperatures it switches on fan. due to not enough power fans not working well enough and temperature still rasing. when it hits alarming level graphic card automaticly switches off to avoid damage.
Ensure u left socket beneath empty to ensure maximum air flow, aslo check if ur fan is clean and free from derbies.
2007-11-22 02:20:09 · answer #3 · answered by Iras 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
450 watts? is that all you got?
J/K
try a bigger Power Supply Unit
2007-11-22 02:16:24 · answer #4 · answered by Çlïgér4™ ♂ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋