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plonq ([personal profile] plonq) wrote2005-06-08 08:04 am
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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.
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[identity profile] atara.livejournal.com 2005-06-08 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
And just think - we have two high-end computers running all the time. :) I don't think my computer sucks quite as much juice, but it's probably close.

[identity profile] furahi.livejournal.com 2005-06-08 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
That's one of the reasons why I keep my 'server' behind the generations...
It's on /all/ the time, I don't want it sucking my power that much... of course it does anyway, but less :P

[identity profile] atara.livejournal.com 2005-06-08 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Well - our heat isn't electric, we only have a small air conditioner on in the summer (and only then at night), and electricity is cheaper here in Manitoba than anywhere else I know of (Manitoba exports power to the US and other parts of Canads)... It's actually not that bad. :)

[identity profile] nrasser.livejournal.com 2005-06-09 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
heh..you guys have teh dirt-cheap power. We pay around $100/mo for juice and we aren't even running A/C (yet).

[identity profile] furahi.livejournal.com 2005-06-09 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Our electricity didn't used to be that expensive, it's gone up though, I don't know how expensive it is right now... Certainly cheaper than in the US
I think we were exporting power to them too.... or was that just water?
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