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Xobbo   11-23-2003 at 05:06:29 PM

Hello I've got a strange problem with my new Abit Fx5600 Ultra card. Everytime I boot up WinXp I get an error message from Nvidia system sentinel that says that there is not enough power or the external power connector is not connected. Of course i've connected a cable to the power connector on the card and i've also tried diffrent ones from my 300w Chieftec PSU with no luck. Now, I know the Fx cards need a lot of power so I removed all extras in my computer (Cd-roms,PCI cards,Extra fans, USB etc. and booted up with only one hd and the gfxcard installed and I still got the same error. Is my PSU really not enough? or could this be a driver issue?

System specs.
Asus P4T-E I850 MB with P4@1600MHz and 256MB Pc800 Ram (AGP x4)
Chieftec HPC300-202 300W PSU
Abit Siluro Fx5600 Ultra 128MB
Lite-on Cd-Rw
2xMaxtor HD's 120GB, 7200rpm, DMA100
WinXP Pro with SP1
Detonator 43.51/Forceware 52.16 (tried them both)

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tombance   11-23-2003 at 06:30:48 PM
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I think your PSU may be too Weak. Have you tried using a completely different PSU?

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