19 Nov
2008
19 Nov
'08
8:37 a.m.
On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:46:44 -1000
david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
hollunder(a)gmx.at wrote:
Thanks, I think I tried that at some point. The thing is that the cards
I tried aren't exactly new and were not new when this machine was new,
so I'd be kind of surprised if it sucked that much power.
This card is the most powerful of the lot: GeForce FX 5200
I think I had something pretty similar when I bought this machine
(FX5400 or something) which died a long time ago. Other cards I tested
were some geforce 4 and geforce 2; I really don't think that they pull
that much, but thanks, I'll see if I can put it in a different slot.
Philipp
On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:13:04 -0800
Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc(a)cosgroves.us> wrote:
A bit of speculation here. Perhaps the slot the video card is in is
just slightly low on providing power to the video card. Ordinary use
of the card works. Heavy duty use (like gaming) makes the card draw
more power than the slot can actually provide, producing a crash?
I guess, to check this, try a different slot for the video card (if
you can).
On 19 November 2008 at 16:11, "Loki
Davison"
<loki.davison(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It could be possible I guess...
My personal situation:
The mobo is a couple of years old, I have lockups whenever it comes
to apps that need a lot of video-power, like games and even some
movies. I tried a couple of video cards (all nvidia tough) without
seeing any real changes.
The problem occurred in windows as well (I had it installed to play
some games) and it didn't matter if I used the nv or binary drivers,
after a couple of minutes the machine just locks up.
The only explanation I have is that it's some kind of mobo-problem,
but now that I just use nv and don't play games anymore it happens
rarely when watching movies or something.
I heard that logs don't help much in cases like this and that
consoles connected via serial cables would be more helpful, but I
haven't tried that. mmm... so a mobo problem... that would be
annoying. Does that
actually happen?
I had to have an ABIT board serviced. I never did put it back
into my machine. But yes, it quit powering up.
--
Kevin