ocelot20
Prominent Member
Hello,
Ok so about 2 months ago I put together a desktop from spare parts I had. Its noting special.
4gb Ram,
Gigabyte Motherboard
120gb hard drive
80gb hard drive
Sony DVD ROM IDE
400watt power supply
Intel Core 2 Dual core CPU
ATI 5450 Graphics card
Windows 8 Preview.
Now today I put my old Inno3D 9800GT 1gb Green Edition graphics card in and took the 5450 out. I put it in no problem and turned the system on. System loaded up logged into Windows 8 and put the the 9800gt installation disc in. It started installing then my system cut off.
I turned it on again and Windows 8 wanted to repair. I let it repair it then logged in and again cut off. Then every time I turned the system on it cut of about 5 seconds later. I left it a few minutes and put another power cable in. I turned it on windows 8 loaded up I logged in then a few seconds later it cut off.
So my first guess is maybe the 9800gt is drawing to much power from the PSU? The PSU is just a cheap 400watt so maybe that is it?
Maybe Windows 8 is acting up? But am guessing it is the 9800gt.
I am going to take the 9800gt out and put the 5450 back in tonight. But I would like to see if there is any suggestions I could try to get the system working with the 9800gt. I am not really bothered if the 9800gt won't work with it as I will just put 5450 back in and sell the 9800gt.
Ok so about 2 months ago I put together a desktop from spare parts I had. Its noting special.
4gb Ram,
Gigabyte Motherboard
120gb hard drive
80gb hard drive
Sony DVD ROM IDE
400watt power supply
Intel Core 2 Dual core CPU
ATI 5450 Graphics card
Windows 8 Preview.
Now today I put my old Inno3D 9800GT 1gb Green Edition graphics card in and took the 5450 out. I put it in no problem and turned the system on. System loaded up logged into Windows 8 and put the the 9800gt installation disc in. It started installing then my system cut off.
I turned it on again and Windows 8 wanted to repair. I let it repair it then logged in and again cut off. Then every time I turned the system on it cut of about 5 seconds later. I left it a few minutes and put another power cable in. I turned it on windows 8 loaded up I logged in then a few seconds later it cut off.
So my first guess is maybe the 9800gt is drawing to much power from the PSU? The PSU is just a cheap 400watt so maybe that is it?
Maybe Windows 8 is acting up? But am guessing it is the 9800gt.
I am going to take the 9800gt out and put the 5450 back in tonight. But I would like to see if there is any suggestions I could try to get the system working with the 9800gt. I am not really bothered if the 9800gt won't work with it as I will just put 5450 back in and sell the 9800gt.