Hello.
I recently got a "Medion Radeon 9800 XL" (wich is the old core, the 350) and it has a floppy drive connector instead of the molex. I have a 400W PSU, somewhat generic. Never really gave me any problems, until now, when I installed this new GPU. The problem is that this GPU gets very hot, and I does not have a temp sensor so I check that by touching it, I guess that would be okay, if it worked at all, 'cause I have a 8cm fan blowing directly to her, so temp should not be an issue, given the fact that I don't have it OC'ed nor flashed to a XT, and if temp is an issue I can get a Zalman VF 700, but I don't want to spend money in that cooler if it's that my GPU is half dead.
The wierd part is that it works "fine" UNTIL I install the drivers (I tried 3 diferent versions, with and without CCC), when I do that, my PC freezers, or if I reboot, it never enters Windows again. I also formated twice to make sure is not a WIndows-related problem. ¿Could this be a IRQ related problem?
The EXTRA wierd thing was that it worked, actually worked as in I could play a few games, before I formated my previous Win install, where I had an NVIDIA driver-mess. So I formated to have a clean install for her alone and this is how she repays me!
I was using the a GeForce4 MX 420 and I have no problems whatsoever. My system is:
Celeron D, ECS P4M800Pro-M, 2 512 DDR2, a GeForce4 MX 420, 2 HDD's, 2 CD/DVD-ROMS, 3 8cm's fans and 1 12cm fan.
Now, my question is: ¿Could it be that my PSU can't handle this GPU, or could it be my MoBo or is the GPU is damaged?
Thanks in advance for any help. :wave:
I recently got a "Medion Radeon 9800 XL" (wich is the old core, the 350) and it has a floppy drive connector instead of the molex. I have a 400W PSU, somewhat generic. Never really gave me any problems, until now, when I installed this new GPU. The problem is that this GPU gets very hot, and I does not have a temp sensor so I check that by touching it, I guess that would be okay, if it worked at all, 'cause I have a 8cm fan blowing directly to her, so temp should not be an issue, given the fact that I don't have it OC'ed nor flashed to a XT, and if temp is an issue I can get a Zalman VF 700, but I don't want to spend money in that cooler if it's that my GPU is half dead.
The wierd part is that it works "fine" UNTIL I install the drivers (I tried 3 diferent versions, with and without CCC), when I do that, my PC freezers, or if I reboot, it never enters Windows again. I also formated twice to make sure is not a WIndows-related problem. ¿Could this be a IRQ related problem?
The EXTRA wierd thing was that it worked, actually worked as in I could play a few games, before I formated my previous Win install, where I had an NVIDIA driver-mess. So I formated to have a clean install for her alone and this is how she repays me!
I was using the a GeForce4 MX 420 and I have no problems whatsoever. My system is:
Celeron D, ECS P4M800Pro-M, 2 512 DDR2, a GeForce4 MX 420, 2 HDD's, 2 CD/DVD-ROMS, 3 8cm's fans and 1 12cm fan.
Now, my question is: ¿Could it be that my PSU can't handle this GPU, or could it be my MoBo or is the GPU is damaged?
Thanks in advance for any help. :wave:
