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Voltage problem? Swapping video card's - Need help

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Kristoffer

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I'm trying to switch video card's from a ati9700 pro to a geforce4ti4600 on a ASUS P4S8X. Whenever I swap video card's I get prompted with this as well as a very irritating siren type of noise from the internal speaker.

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I don't have any idea what to do, I'm assuming it has to do something with voltages?

This is what the hardware status shows with the 9700pro

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and this is what it shows with the TI4600

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Does anyone know what I can do? Thanks alot.
 
Well, it looks like you PS can't handle the voltages required of it. The fact that the 3.3 rail is reading 2.94 is the problem. The nVidia card is drawing more power than the 9700pro does.

Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't the 9700 have an power input directly on the card where the ti4600 draws all of its power directly from the AGP bus?

Regardless, to fix it, you'll need to buy a new power supply. Get a nice Antec 350W (should be plenty for the average box).

Why are you downgrading your card anyway?
 
well there's a Turbolink? 420W PSU in there now, there's only the MB/CD/DVD/HD/FLOPPY connected to the PSU. Yes the 9700Pro does have a power input directly on the card. The reason I'm downgradeing that computer is so I can use the 9700 pro on my new setup. So that's the only thing to fix it, The PSU? No other way?
 
The PS is the prime suspect. It could be that it is weak and getting ready to go anyway.

Unless someone else can think of another way to fix the issue, I would say replacing the PS is the only option.
 
The only thing i could really think to try is in the short term disconnecting some of your drives. Although that may do abosultely nothing. It does look like a psu problem, even if you could boot windows it may as unstable as anything.
 
Another vote for the PS. If you have another one you could test with that would be ideal but as it is I'd go with an Enermax or some other name brand PS.
 
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