I have an older tower with an ASUS A8N-E motherboard, an AMD Athalon 64 Dual Core processor, and 2GB of ram. I currently have an ATI Radeon X800XL graphics card installed which works okay.
I am trying to upgrade to a GeForce 8800GS graphics card that I have had laying around for awhile, but when I install it the power supply appears to crowbar (fans spin for less than 1 second then shut down and I have to reset the power supply). I purchased a VisionTek VT500psu power supply believing that the old 400 watt PS just didn't have enough power. But still have the same problem.
I don't have another tower to test it in, but I don't believe the card is bad.
All of the documentation I can find on the motherboard indicates that it should be compatible with the 8800 card. The PCI Express V2 slot works fine with the old X800 card and the 6 pin molex connector connects with no problem. What am I missing?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
I am trying to upgrade to a GeForce 8800GS graphics card that I have had laying around for awhile, but when I install it the power supply appears to crowbar (fans spin for less than 1 second then shut down and I have to reset the power supply). I purchased a VisionTek VT500psu power supply believing that the old 400 watt PS just didn't have enough power. But still have the same problem.
I don't have another tower to test it in, but I don't believe the card is bad.
All of the documentation I can find on the motherboard indicates that it should be compatible with the 8800 card. The PCI Express V2 slot works fine with the old X800 card and the 6 pin molex connector connects with no problem. What am I missing?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
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