Precipus Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 System specs: MOBO: DFI Lanparty DK X48-T2RS Intel Core2 Duo E6450 @ 3.2 Ghz 4gig DDR corsair PC2-8500c5 2.1 volts 4 1Tb HDD 1 DVD burner 1 GTX 260 core 216 4 CCFL 4 LED 120mm fans 1 92mm CPU fan 1 200mm case fan Audigy card Until recently I had a rock solid machine. I upgraded from a 8800GTS 640 card to the GTX 260. After this upgrade i started getting random boots and BSOD during games. Sometimes it can be hours, sometimes on game start up. As time goes on (3 weeks now) the machine will randomly crash during idle times. I have formatted and re-installed (tried XP, Vista, and now Windows 7) all the same symptoms. Every calculator I come across recommends even less power than this PSU provides. I have no means of actively monitoring voltages or amperage inside of windows nor do I desire staring at a tool for hours waiting for the problem. I have contemplated upgrading the PSU, but if this isn't a possible cause..... Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FEAR6655 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Since the problem arised with the new GPU, intuition says start there :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precipus Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 Of course I did. As I stated in my post, went as far as re-installing my OS. The difference between this card and the 8800 gt is that it requires two PCI connections so one can deduce that it requires substantially more power. if it only had problems during 3d play I would target it only, but it happens randomly. http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/FoxRoshak/Idle.jpg here is a screenie of idle temps and voltages, says nothing about amps however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FEAR6655 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 A faulty GPU can cause all sorts of issues, and since another card works fine then at this stage we can assume the card is faulty. Try it in another PC if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted July 29, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted July 29, 2009 Fear is right, check your video card first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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