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hash   07-04-2009 at 03:26:32 PM

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.

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Bronze Graphics badge coozie7   07-04-2009 at 03:34:34 PM
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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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hash   07-04-2009 at 03:39:43 PM
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It wouldnt cause any damage to the GPU if its still connected with only power supply removed,right? Thanks


Message edited by hash on 07-04-2009 at 03:41:10 PM
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Bronze Graphics badge coozie7   07-04-2009 at 03:58:59 PM
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One step at a time.
Try it with the monitor connected to the onboard first.

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hash   07-04-2009 at 04:34:23 PM
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Okay. Thanks a lot.

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Bronze Graphics badge coozie7   07-04-2009 at 08:39:20 PM
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Well?

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hash   07-05-2009 at 04:37:44 PM
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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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hash   07-05-2009 at 04:38:25 PM
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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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