Bringing Up Voltage.

[Dgremlin]

I'm having trouble with my Antec 430W True Power supply. Since I installed my 9800 Pro card, on boot up, the 5 volts is dropping as low as 3.9 volts and causing lockups. Will replacing the 5V regulator in the ps fix this problem?

 

[4keatimj]

I'm having trouble with my Antec 430W True Power supply. Since I installed my 9800 Pro card, on boot up, the 5 volts is dropping as low as 3.9 volts and causing lockups. Will replacing the 5V regulator in the ps fix this problem?

I would assume it would. Try another PSU (if you can) to see if is is the PSU that is the problem.

 

[Dgremlin]

I've already put in my original 300W ps and everything works fine so it's definetly the Antec. I even used a dedicated power plug for the video card. (nothing else plugged into that same line)

 

[_cashel]

I have the same issue with the same PSU and an AIW 9800 Pro, only, instead of lockups, I get bars of different colored pixels forcing me to restart just to see everything normally. Only the 5 volt line is dropping to about 4.6 volts rather than 3.9. I have no other spare PSU, so I guess it's safe to say that this unit is on it's way and probably should be RMA'ed in the near future? I've noticed this has been a common problem for my system, I've probably had to replace the PSU 3 times in the last year and a half or so, why could this be? Faulty PSU's, power surges, what?