Video card /power problem?

[Wolf]

Hey guys,

I am building a PC for a friend who didn't want to spend much.

Biostar M7NCD
Athlon XP 1900+
eVga GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Generic case with 3 fans.
The case came with a 350w PSU (by Powermax). It is recommended for AMD
I only have a DVD-Rom drive, floppy and Seagate 80mb HD installed.

After installing the video drivers and rebooting, when I got into windows XP I got a message box saying my video card was not receiving enough power. The power lead was either unplugged or the PSU was too weak. I figures 350w was good so I checked with MBM and the voltages flucated and went over 5% variance on the 12v/-12 so I figure it's a cheap PSU. I replaced it with an Antec TruPower 430W and I get the same message. Now MBM shows good, steady power, but I still get the same messsage.

I installed a game and it seems to run OK. It has ran all night and no lockups/freezes or anything. Just the message when I boot up. The only "weirdness" is a screen flicker when I right-click the nVidia tray icon.

Anyone else ever get this message? Any suggestions?

-Wolf

 

[Didou]

The FX 5200 Ultra needs to have a Molex power connector to power it properly. Does yours have one ?

It's located at the upper-back end of the card, as shown on the picture below.

Image taken from Anandtech.

 

[Wolf]

The FX 5200 Ultra needs to have a Molex power connector to power it properly. Does yours have one ?

Yes it does, and yes, it's plugged in.

 

[Wolf]

In case anyone is following this, I did figure it out. It was the video card. Swapping them out fixed the problem.