GPU amperage requirements
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I just finished my first build ever and everything has been going pretty well, except that the system is not registering my graphics card. After some searching, I think it might be that the Power Supply (an Antec Basiq 550W) is not providing enough amperage off the 12V rail to my Asus Radeon HD 7870. The card says that it requires 30A off the 12V rail, while the PSU box says it delivers 25A.
I have tried plugging in two PCIe power cords off of two separate 12V rails, but that led the system to not output any display info at all, although the LEDs above the power in plugs on the Graphics Card both show as green.
Is my diagnosis of the problem correct? Do I need a new PSU? Thanks!
I have tried plugging in two PCIe power cords off of two separate 12V rails, but that led the system to not output any display info at all, although the LEDs above the power in plugs on the Graphics Card both show as green.
Is my diagnosis of the problem correct? Do I need a new PSU? Thanks!
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yoda112358 said:
I just finished my first build ever and everything has been going pretty well, except that the system is not registering my graphics card. After some searching, I think it might be that the Power Supply (an Antec Basiq 550W) is not providing enough amperage off the 12V rail to my Asus Radeon HD 7870. The card says that it requires 30A off the 12V rail, while the PSU box says it delivers 25A. I have tried plugging in two PCIe power cords off of two separate 12V rails, but that led the system to not output any display info at all, although the LEDs above the power in plugs on the Graphics Card both show as green.
Is my diagnosis of the problem correct? Do I need a new PSU? Thanks!
They reccomend a psu with 30 amps of 12v output ( or greater ) , your combined 12v output exceeds that ( on any revision of the Basiq ) , the OCP setpoint on the current revision is set for 36a
The pcie connectors are on the same rail, the modular psu connector is designed so that it can't be used in a peripheral port, so unless you used a molex to pcie adapter you weren't switching rails
Card draws some of it's power from the slot, so it's drawing from 2 of the 3 rails to begin with
PSU could be fudged
Card could be fudged
Could be something else altogether
Don't know, but the psu ( if not faulty ) can provide the power the card needs and the number of rails doesn't matter
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