Power Problem

[Guest]

Hi

I have a Gigabyte motherboard P35 which has a PCI-E 16 slot, i was using a nvidia quadro fx 3400 - 4400 graphic card but it was complaining that the power is not enough, i have a 500 W power supply.

2 GB ram
1 hard disk
1 dvd writer
2 extra fans in the case

Please advice appreciate any help

Thanks in advance

 

[eclipseaudio4]

This should help.
http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
set TDP, sys load, and cap aging to max. ie 100,100,50 respectively

 

[delluser1]

Hi

I have a Gigabyte motherboard P35 which has a PCI-E 16 slot, i was using a - 4400 graphic card but it was complaining that the power is not enough, i have a 500 W power supply.

2 GB ram
1 hard disk
1 dvd writer
2 extra fans in the case

Please advice appreciate any help

Thanks in advance

Your card only has a 350 watt power supply recommendation.
Do you have the 6 pin pcie power cable plugged in ?