X850xl Reboot upon game launch

[sdfcochese]

Hello all,

I have a bit of a problem, everytime I try and launch a game my system reboots. It is a newly built system, the components are al follows.

Proc.- Pentium D 820
MB - Intel D945psn
Ram - 1 gb Patriot ddr2 667
Video- ATI x850xl

The games it has done it for thus far have been CS-Source and BF 2, it also does it during the ati overclocking utility. I am unable to check the temps at the time of the error as it just drops out. In BF2 it does it right before entering a game, in CS it does in the menu screen. It would appear that it is a video problem as prime 95 can run all day with 0 errors.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Mark

 

[Ominous Gamer]

Whats the PSU? Sounds like your system freaks when the video card goes to draw power for the graphics display.

Or, you may need to update your drivers.

 

[sdfcochese]

Im using the 6.2 drivers my PSU is an Antec 350w, this could be the problem. I have a raptor and another HDD. I would think that 350w would be enough to handle this, but I could be wrong. What is the how much more power does a videocard pull at load?

 

[sdfcochese]

Tried running the system with the 2nd HDD and cdrom unplugged. It still smoked itself when I clicked "options" in HL2. So my uneducated assumption would be that power consumption is not the cause.