I just upgraded my video card and all of a sudden, I'm getting BSOD's up the wazoo like you wouldn't believe. I've tried weeding out all the culprits of bad RAM, processor clocked too high, etc... but it's just not helping!
Inside my case I have:
Enermax 460W power supply with 33A +12v rail
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R motherboard
Intel Core2 Duo 3.0 GHz
4x 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR-800 RAM
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTS 250 (1 GB GDDR3, 256 bit)
ATI TV Wonder Elite TV&FM Radio tuner card (PCI)
2x Seagate Barracuda 80 GB, 7200 RPM in RAID 0 (SATA)
DVD RW (EIDE)
LG Blu-ray/HD-DVD Reader (SATA)
3½" Floppy diskette drive
External drive: WD MyBook 500 GB (eSATA)
1 12cm case fan
1 8cm LED case fan
2 red cold cathode lights
It bears mentioning that the processor was previously clocked at 3.6 GHz on stock voltage, but I reverted it back down to the standard 3.0 GHz after I first started getting all the instability. Previously, with my last graphics card (GeForce 8600GT) I was able to overclock no sweat, and didn't have the instability I'm having right now. Reverting back helped a little, but I'm still getting error messages at random intervals. Sometimes, it's when I'm seemingly doing nothing at all! Also, the CPU power socket on the motherboard is 2x4, but will accept a 2x2 connector such as the one on my PSU. Is the power draw on my card strong enough that I may have to either: Remove some RAM, change some settings, or even at worst, replace the PSU? Secondly, if I upgrade my PSU, will it most likely result in better overclocking headroom?
Inside my case I have:
Enermax 460W power supply with 33A +12v rail
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R motherboard
Intel Core2 Duo 3.0 GHz
4x 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR-800 RAM
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTS 250 (1 GB GDDR3, 256 bit)
ATI TV Wonder Elite TV&FM Radio tuner card (PCI)
2x Seagate Barracuda 80 GB, 7200 RPM in RAID 0 (SATA)
DVD RW (EIDE)
LG Blu-ray/HD-DVD Reader (SATA)
3½" Floppy diskette drive
External drive: WD MyBook 500 GB (eSATA)
1 12cm case fan
1 8cm LED case fan
2 red cold cathode lights
It bears mentioning that the processor was previously clocked at 3.6 GHz on stock voltage, but I reverted it back down to the standard 3.0 GHz after I first started getting all the instability. Previously, with my last graphics card (GeForce 8600GT) I was able to overclock no sweat, and didn't have the instability I'm having right now. Reverting back helped a little, but I'm still getting error messages at random intervals. Sometimes, it's when I'm seemingly doing nothing at all! Also, the CPU power socket on the motherboard is 2x4, but will accept a 2x2 connector such as the one on my PSU. Is the power draw on my card strong enough that I may have to either: Remove some RAM, change some settings, or even at worst, replace the PSU? Secondly, if I upgrade my PSU, will it most likely result in better overclocking headroom?