Red light on my 4870

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dagas

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Does anyone know what a red light means on a powercolor 4870? It has 4 lights at the back and the second from the top is red while the others are off. It works fine until I try to play a game then the screen goes black and before that there is a noise from the PSU.

I read on another forum that the lights means it's a lack of power. Is it not getting enough power? But I have an Antec neopower 500W and only a dual core CPU with 3 hard drives and a sound card drawing power.

I don't have a manual because I bought the card used and didn't get one.
 
Here you go:

LEDS on HD4870 cards

D1601 - Red LED On, shows critical temperature fault

D1602 - Red LED On, shows External power connector A was removed

D1603 - Red LED On, shows External power connector B was removed

D601 - Red LED On, shows critical Core power fault

I'm having issues as well, although I don't think its the PS.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1453135
 
thank you. It seems

"D601 - Red LED On, shows critical Core power fault " is the one that is red.

Can that mean the PSU is not delivering enough or is the video card broken? I have no other video card or PSU to test with unfortunatly =(

EDIT: I read on another forum that someone had the same problem and he tried other PSU's without success some at 1300watt so it should not be a problem with power. I guess the card is broken...

EDIT2: It seems to be a common problem on powercolor 4870. One guy on a forum says he has had 3 cards doing this. Powercolor claims it's the PSU, but he had tried several.

Guess there is nothing I can do except get another video card...
 
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Mine lights D1601 and D601, but only does this with Cat 9.8 and above so far. With cat 9.6's and below it runs perfectly fine. (have to read the post [linked above] for the full story.)
 
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