Turning off a GPU?

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Hi,




I just got my new PC assembled and I think my power supply Mercury 385 Watt (14A) is not enough to fuel


AMD Athlonx2 7750
XFX XXX ATI 4850
2GB DDr2 COrshair
1 DVDRW drive
1 Seagate barracude 7200rpm


It turned it on and started installing Windows and the monitor turned off but the CPU fan and MOBO lights were on . So it must be the power supply which is not enough. I used Power supply calculator and it came up to 342 Watts usage . I dont want to turn it on again because it happened again


All i want to know is if I plug my Monitor cable into the onboard vga port will that like make the 4850 not consume any power from my power supply ? So that i can at least use it since my new power supply will take at least 3 days. I could try and remove the Card but I'm a PC newbie , so I cant.

 

[coozie7]

Should work, if not, open the case and disconnect the HD4850, the 6 wire connector has a little 'clip' that needs to be pushed in to release it.

 

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It wouldnt cause any damage to the GPU if its still connected with only power supply removed,right? Thanks

 

[coozie7]

One step at a time.
Try it with the monitor connected to the onboard first.

 

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Okay. Thanks a lot.

 

[coozie7]

Well?

 

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I didn't even have to try it. My PC dealear bought me 450 watt PSU that night. Whew..

 

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I didn't even have to try it. My PC dealear bought me 450 watt PSU that night. Whew..