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Jun. 8th, 2005 08:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
My video card has finally stopped complaining about the power levels. I played around with cable configurations for about 15 minutes last night until I found an arrangement that it liked. I did a couple of power cycles to make sure that it wouldn't change its mind, but this time it seems to think that it has adequate current to run at full speed. I cycled the machine again this morning, but once again it was still happy.
Looks like I won't have to return the card after all, but if I ever decide to go with the dual cards in this computer I may have to get a second power supply. I'm guessing that this card sucks at least 85W O_o
That's a lot of heat to dissipate - and I had to disable my case fans to get the card working. That seems kind of self-defeating at some level. I'll have to keep a close eye on the heat levels. Things will improve down the road when I switch from IDE to SATA hard drives - which will free up a few power leads.
Looks like I won't have to return the card after all, but if I ever decide to go with the dual cards in this computer I may have to get a second power supply. I'm guessing that this card sucks at least 85W O_o
That's a lot of heat to dissipate - and I had to disable my case fans to get the card working. That seems kind of self-defeating at some level. I'll have to keep a close eye on the heat levels. Things will improve down the road when I switch from IDE to SATA hard drives - which will free up a few power leads.
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Date: 2005-06-08 02:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-08 02:21 pm (UTC)I'm going to hook one of them back up again tonight and see what happens. The CPU and Video card don't seem to be tossing a lot of heat, but you could cook an egg in the flow coming out from the power supply (well, it's not quite THAT hot, but it's pretty warm).
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Date: 2005-06-08 04:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-08 09:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-08 09:59 pm (UTC)It's on /all/ the time, I don't want it sucking my power that much... of course it does anyway, but less :P
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Date: 2005-06-08 11:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-09 04:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-09 10:25 pm (UTC)I think we were exporting power to them too.... or was that just water?
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Date: 2005-06-08 10:43 pm (UTC)If you can easily swap cards with minimal hassle, I'd go ahead and try a different card of the same make/model. It sounds like you got one that seems to be a bit finicky on power. I'd only do that if this just bugs the bejeezus out of you.
As for case fans, I typically try to hook them up down the power line from the HD's or CD's. They don't really bother too much with them.
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Date: 2005-06-09 04:16 pm (UTC)