Hey all,
So my comp (see sig) has been working flawlessly for around 6 months till the last week or so when its started to give a 'low power' warning on boot up. The warnings from the nvidia control panel and basically says its being downclocked to stop it from frying. This is evident in games such as Fallout 3 where when i get the warning it bearly get 10fps where as all other times its nice and smooth.
Im puzzled as too why its doing this all of a sudden?
My PSU is a 600w Tagan Force II with 2 dedicated gpu power cables (1 x 6 pin, 1 x 8 pin) and its less than a year old?
If i fiddle with the power cables going into the 8800 before boot up it more often than not works as normal but after a couple more bootups starts with the warning again.
The only thing i can think is the cards on its way out, its almost 2 years old and for its first year had a hard life processing digital terrain models pretty much 24/7 before i liberated it from work, but that doesnt explain why its intermittent? When it boots up without a warning the card still works great, no gliches or artifacts?
Anyone have any pearls of wisdom?
EDIT: One other bit of info, ive tried updating the drivers to the latest 182's.....still the same problem....
So my comp (see sig) has been working flawlessly for around 6 months till the last week or so when its started to give a 'low power' warning on boot up. The warnings from the nvidia control panel and basically says its being downclocked to stop it from frying. This is evident in games such as Fallout 3 where when i get the warning it bearly get 10fps where as all other times its nice and smooth.
Im puzzled as too why its doing this all of a sudden?
My PSU is a 600w Tagan Force II with 2 dedicated gpu power cables (1 x 6 pin, 1 x 8 pin) and its less than a year old?
If i fiddle with the power cables going into the 8800 before boot up it more often than not works as normal but after a couple more bootups starts with the warning again.
The only thing i can think is the cards on its way out, its almost 2 years old and for its first year had a hard life processing digital terrain models pretty much 24/7 before i liberated it from work, but that doesnt explain why its intermittent? When it boots up without a warning the card still works great, no gliches or artifacts?
Anyone have any pearls of wisdom?
EDIT: One other bit of info, ive tried updating the drivers to the latest 182's.....still the same problem....