8800GT Power Issues

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Lugztaz

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Alright, so after getting everything setup and getting my motherboard and video card drivers installed I am getting the insufficient power error.

I have this card here.

With this power supply

and this motherboard

I have the PCI express power connector hooked to the card so I have no ideas, anyone?
 
Best thing to do now is to test your power supply with a power supply tester. I know the Thermaltake toughpower 700 will normally be more than enough to run your system. From the results we can determine what to do next.
 
Im not sure what the problem is but why the heck does everybody think they need a 700 watt power supply? :confused:
 
Yea..I don't have a PSU tester, I have another PSU I could try. Are there also any other ideas?
 
Yea..I don't have a PSU tester, I have another PSU I could try. Are there also any other ideas?
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The only other thing I can think of is to borrow a friends power supply to test.
 
Lugztaz said:
why do people pointlessly post in threads?
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at least I had some what of a point. maybe you have tons of drives and an overclocked quad core cpu in your system and actually need that much power. more than likely though you have a very basic system and didnt realize that even a high quality 450 watt power supply would be more than enough.
 
cannondale06 said:
Im not sure what the problem is but why the heck does everybody think they need a 700 watt power supply? :confused:
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People are still using only 700 watt PSU? :p

Multi hard drives, OC'n, multi video cards, to name a few. Getting a higher rated PSU allows it to run cooler by not stressing it nearer it's capacity then if you ran one near it's max.
 
Kowan said:
People are still using only 700 watt PSU? :p

Multi hard drives, OC'n, multi video cards, to name a few. Getting a higher rated PSU allows it to run cooler by not stressing it nearer it's capacity then if you ran one near it's max.
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if thats the case then of course but most people I see with gigantic power supplies have very basic systems. they are the same type people that will buy an 8500gt 1024mb video card because they think having more ram will make the card faster. ;)
 
700 watts might be over a little but it's worth the buy now instead of when I need it later

Anyway I put the antec PSU back in that came with the case(500w) and i haven't gotten any errors yet and normally it comes up right away off login to windows so, I guess I'll have to get it replaced...
 
Lugztaz said:
700 watts might be over a little but it's worth the buy now instead of when I need it later

Anyway I put the antec PSU back in that came with the case(500w) and i haven't gotten any errors yet and normally it comes up right away off login to windows so, I guess I'll have to get it replaced...
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At least you can use your system while waiting for a RMA on that PSU.
 
CoolHotCold said:
I'll take reliablilty and stability over Wattage any day.
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Just because I happen to get a bad PSU does not mean all of them are bad, or that it's a bad PSU all together. I don't believe this to be a crappy or cheap PSU, thank you.
 
Lugztaz said:
Just because I happen to get a bad PSU does not mean all of them are bad, or that it's a bad PSU all together. I don't believe this to be a crappy or cheap PSU, thank you.
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I dont think he was talking about your specific power supply. He appeared to be making a general statement that a quality psu is more important than just looking for one with the most watts.
 
As long as people don't get the idea that the two can't co-exist in a high wattage PSU.
 
Lugztaz said:
Just because I happen to get a bad PSU does not mean all of them are bad, or that it's a bad PSU all together. I don't believe this to be a crappy or cheap PSU, thank you.
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Your PSU may not actually be bad. I saw the specs from your link, it is saying that you have four 12v rails, each at 18 amps. The card (and other drives or media) may be drawing too much power from one of those rails (since they don't divide the power evenly, or at all).

Try a different power supply with either a single or dual 12v rail. The less 12v rails on a system, the better the power efficiency is going to be.

If one of the 12v rails is being taxed too much (while the others are only being taxed a little), it could be overloading the PSU and giving you that error because of it.

Good luck.



cannondale06: I've read your posts towards me and towards Lugztaz and others. Almost all of your posts are filled with spam, complains, or insults towards others... and you have the nerve to tell me I'm not the adult. Tell you what, when you grow the fuck up, maybe I'll stop contradicting you and your useless posts. Why post if you are just going to insult someone. At least TRY to be helpful. You ask, why does everyone think they need a 700 watt PSU? Wow. Just, wow.
 
Red Falcon said:
Your PSU may not actually be bad. I saw the specs from your link, it is saying that you have four 12v rails, each at 18 amps. The card (and other drives or media) may be drawing too much power from one of those rails (since they don't divide the power evenly, or at all).

Try a different power supply with either a single or dual 12v rail. The less 12v rails on a system, the better the power efficiency is going to be.

If one of the 12v rails is being taxed too much (while the others are only being taxed a little), it could be overloading the PSU and giving you that error because of it.

Good luck.



cannondale06: I've read your posts towards me and towards Lugztaz and others. Almost all of your posts are filled with spam, complains, or insults towards others... and you have the nerve to tell me I'm not the adult. Tell you what, when you grow the fuck up, maybe I'll stop contradicting you and your useless posts. Why post if you are just going to insult someone. At least TRY to be helpful. You ask, why does everyone think they need a 700 watt PSU? Wow. Just, wow.
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nothing I said was incorrect or insulting but perhaps you should look at your own posts. everybody set you straight in the other thread without resorting to posting childish pictures or insults. I dont have a problem since you now say you were just joking but at the time you were totally getting your facts wrong and then posting that you "pwned me."
 
Red Falcon said:
Your PSU may not actually be bad. I saw the specs from your link, it is saying that you have four 12v rails, each at 18 amps. The card (and other drives or media) may be drawing too much power from one of those rails (since they don't divide the power evenly, or at all).

Try a different power supply with either a single or dual 12v rail. The less 12v rails on a system, the better the power efficiency is going to be.

If one of the 12v rails is being taxed too much (while the others are only being taxed a little), it could be overloading the PSU and giving you that error because of it.

Good luck.



cannondale06: I've read your posts towards me and towards Lugztaz and others. Almost all of your posts are filled with spam, complains, or insults towards others... and you have the nerve to tell me I'm not the adult. Tell you what, when you grow the fuck up, maybe I'll stop contradicting you and your useless posts. Why post if you are just going to insult someone. At least TRY to be helpful. You ask, why does everyone think they need a 700 watt PSU? Wow. Just, wow.
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Thanks alot for that information, I'll look into that.

I will also be closing this thread due to the...well I'll just stop there...

if anyone else has suggestions PM me
 
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