wierd USB and even overclocking problems...

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koretex

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ok Ill try and make this is short and detailed as possible...

I am having problems with my USB ports losing power and getting stable overclocks with my new Q6600 CPU....

Asus P5B- Deluxe
Core 2 quad Q6600
eVGA 8800 GTS 512mb (overclocked to 800/1950/1050)
Corsair XMS2-6400 1GB x 2
Seagate 320GB x 2 in RAID0
Lite-On 16x DVD-R SATA x 2
floppy drive with built in mem card reader
Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
Scythe S-Flex 120mm fan receiving power from the CPU fan header
Antec 120mm fan for exhaust getting power from PSU
generic 120mm fan for intake getting power from PSU

and for USB...

Logitech G15 keyboard
Logitech G7 Mouse (with USB receiver and USB battery charger)
WD 1TB external HDD
Hauppage HD TV tuner (sucks alot of power I hear)
30GB Zune (syncing and charging via USB)
Canon Pixma all in one printer
the USB mem card reader thats built into the floppy
and sometimes a xbox360 usb controller

Now all the above is being powered by an Antec 550watt Nvidia SLi certified PSU. I wont even get into the CPU overclocking probs since it runs fine at stock speeds. My system WAS running perfect with my superclocked eVGA 8800GTS 320mb and core 2 duo E4400 (i believe) 2GHz CPU that I had overclcoked to 3GHz by 10x300. Since I upgraded to the new CPU and vid card last week I am having constant USB problems that are this....

the key and mouse no longer work in games just drop in and out of power constantly, usually stops when I get back into windows, but not always. My Zune will not work at all anymore, the TV tuner cards will work for a few hours and then pop up a "to much power draw on the USB hub" error message. mem card reader has quit working. My external hard drive never has problems, but then again it has its own power supply....pretty much anything receiving power from a USB port freaks out now.

I went to ASUS' website to get help thinking my mobo was failing, and came across this power supply calculator and according to it I need a 700watt PSU minimum. So my question is this....I have been thinking failing mobo all week, but do you guys think it could just be that my 550watts isnt enough to power everything in my system????

This is driving me nuts, and I would really like to get back to gaming and trying to overclock this new Q6600 so any help/opinions would be appreciated!
 
it could be a power issue , but i was running my system on a xclio goodpower 500 watt psu without problems ... Q6600 , 680i , 4gb ram , 8800gts , etc... & 6 USB Devices - Check the amps on your psu an see if there pretty high
 
RedLancerOz said:
it could be a power issue , but i was running my system on a xclio goodpower 500 watt psu without problems ... Q6600 , 680i , 4gb ram , 8800gts , etc... & 6 USB Devices - Check the amps on your psu an see if there pretty high
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I know nothing about power supplies, so how do I check the Amps, and what would be considered high?
 
SolidBladez said:
It's listed on the side of the PSU.

You should be concerned about something being 'too' low.
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wait....how does that help?

I'm not being a smartass I'm being serious.....if I read 1amp or 2million amps on the side how does that help me?
 
on the side of the psu, there will be a label, under the 12v section, look at the number of amps, the more the better.
 
koretex said:
wait....how does that help?

I'm not being a smartass I'm being serious.....if I read 1amp or 2million amps on the side how does that help me?
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Post the numbers here, and people who do know can tell you if it's likely to be a problem.
 
koretex said:
wait....how does that help?

I'm not being a smartass I'm being serious.....if I read 1amp or 2million amps on the side how does that help me?
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D'Oh. Sorry I was kinda in a hurry so I left a few things out.

If you have a camera and can reach around, try taking a picture of the specs.
 
seriously....so this continues! No one on the internet including ASUS themselves can seem to answer this question for me!

I am really starting to believe that it is indeed a power issue though since I just read the 8800GTS 512mb roundup article on the front page and I didn't know that my card was pulling 300watts!!!!! That only leaves me 250watts for everything else in my system which tells me isn't even close to enough.

I guess I am going to have to step up to a 800watt and hope Im not throwing $170 away
 
having this issue with my asus p5k deluxe, the only fix i found was to add in a pci-e usb card, which has worked fine and dandy...

from what i hear there is a defective usb capacitor or something that causes it to fail quickly

they offered to replace to board which i might do in a little but for now my setup works fine

p.s. im running a 750 watt quality psu so no way in heck its power (and ive tried other wuality psu's)

p.s.s. ur psu looks decent for your setup, although something a little heftier would probably be better\

TO SUM IT UP: ITS A HARDWARE FAILURE ON THE MOTHERBOARD AND YOU WILL EITHER NEED TO A. REPLACE TO BOARD OR B. GET A USB ADD IN CARD
 
coolxboxgamer said:
having this issue with my asus p5k deluxe, the only fix i found was to add in a pci-e usb card, which has worked fine and dandy...

from what i hear there is a defective usb capacitor or something that causes it to fail quickly

they offered to replace to board which i might do in a little but for now my setup works fine

p.s. im running a 750 watt quality psu so no way in heck its power (and ive tried other wuality psu's)

p.s.s. ur psu looks decent for your setup, although something a little heftier would probably be better\

TO SUM IT UP: ITS A HARDWARE FAILURE ON THE MOTHERBOARD AND YOU WILL EITHER NEED TO A. REPLACE TO BOARD OR B. GET A USB ADD IN CARD
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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!

I will get teh RMA process going tomorrow with Asus. An add in card isn't an option since I don't have a free PCI slot.
 
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