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Jan 2^nd, 2004 at 9:51am

Daz Offline
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hey guys recently bought my brand spanking new XFX geforce FX5950 ultra to go with my system below but i have a problem

it works ok but when i power up it advises me that it has turned down the settings because there is not enough power going to the card. i am running a 360 w psu so that should be enough.. i have even disconected the fans inside my pc and still comes up with it...

should i change the AGP power in teh BIOS or will something else fix it?

thanx

AMD athlon XP2800+ @2.34ghz&&Epox 8RDA3G 400 fsb, 8x AGP&&1024MB DDR400 PC3200&&XFX 256MB FX5950 Ultra (oc 525/1.04)&&40 gig maxtor 7200rpm&&80 gig seagate baracuda 7200rpm&&

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Reply #1 - Jan 2^nd, 2004 at 9:01pm

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Hi there I have the Fx 5900 and run it with a 500w psu with no problems, just a thought.

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Reply #2 - Jan 3^rd, 2004 at 5:07pm

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Don't the 5950's require an extra power feed (usually an HD power plug) ???

I know, the FX5600's pull as much juice as you'll get from a 1.5v AGP port, I'd hazzard a guess,Daz, your card's missing a power lead.

If your anything like me, it'll be at the bottom of the box, along with the unread instruction manual! Roll Eyes

I've just blown up my old pIII by trying to get an FX5200 to work in it! (Only AGP 1x board....) all is fine with the said machine, now I've replaced the board with my old Jetway one (Which powered my FX 5600 just fine) Sadly though, my Celeron has seen the light of day again! Grin

Still, at least its now not in my No.1 machine! Cheesy

Hope you sort it mate,

Paul.

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Reply #3 - Jan 5^th, 2004 at 8:11am

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EEEEEK!!

Don't change the card's power setting in the BIOS!

That's just a voltage setting........ not a power increase.

You got something wrong (like 4_Series_Scania says about an auxillary power cable) or you just don't have a big enough power supply to run everything. (those fans don't use much!)

Mainboard: Asus P5K-Premium, CPU=Intel E6850 @ x8x450fsb 3.6ghz, RAM: 4gb PC8500 Team Dark, Video: NV8800GT, HDD: 2x1Tb Samsung F3 RAID-0 + 1Tb F3, PSU: Antec 550 Basiq, OS: Win7x64, Display: 24" WS LCD

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Reply #4 - Jan 5^th, 2004 at 3:54pm

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yeah stupid me forgot to attatch a power cable from the psu.. works like a dream now its amazing power

AMD athlon XP2800+ @2.34ghz&&Epox 8RDA3G 400 fsb, 8x AGP&&1024MB DDR400 PC3200&&XFX 256MB FX5950 Ultra (oc 525/1.04)&&40 gig maxtor 7200rpm&&80 gig seagate baracuda 7200rpm&&

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Reply #5 - Jan 7^th, 2004 at 11:27am

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DOH!

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