Gainward 7800GS not receiving sufficient power message

[meself]

Hi

I keep getting the following message on power-up:-

Your Nvidia graphics card is not receiving sufficient power. As a result the graphics card has lowered its performance to a level that allows continued safe operation.

My system specs are as follows

Gainward BLISS 7800GS AGP
Driver date 07/10/2008
Driver version 6.14.11.7824

M/B Asus A7N8X 2.0 Deluxe with XP2500

2 x1mb sticks OCZ PC3200 ram

500 watt OCZ Stealth X Stream psu

Ok it’s not the newest system in the world…haha…but it does me.

The psu is brand new and I got the same message on a Hiper 580 psu.

Any ideas. I’ve searched the web but could not find a single answer that was specific to my problem without the psu being at fault.

ps..The card is connected direct to the psu via a 6 pin connector.

 

[Tmagic650]

Hiper not so good... Try installing another power supply

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Change the power connector, if you PSU has two of them (I doubt it does, but the older StealthXStream models do). If you don't have that, buy a cheap Molex-to-PCI-E converter like this one and try that. If it doesn't work either, you likely have a bad card or PSU.

 

[meself]

Hummmmmm…………new drivers seem to have done the trick although my system does boot a tad different i.e. XP loading bar as normal……………then the screen flashes (goes black for a second which it never used to)………….. then welcome screen as normal……so far all ok.


Thank you to all who have replied to this thread I really appreciate your help and advice

I’ll keep me fingers crossed

Sláinte