enough PSU?

[Dozer]

I built a 2000XP today and here is my problem. I am using an Asus board with an onboard Geforce 2 GPU and when I use it, my video is fine. When I plug in my VisionTek G4 TI 4200 I got alot of horizontal lines on my screen that is different colors, so bad it is hard to see the screen. this is a fairly new card so I was wondering if my 300W PSU isn`t enough to power it, am I right? Any help would be apreciated.

 

[icy_oblivion]

If you could give your full system specs that would help alot. But unless you are running 3 HD's or more than two optical devices you should be fine with a 300W PSU. What brand of PSU is it?

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[Dozer]

Sorry about that, my spex are:
Asus A7N266-VM
256 megs PC2100 Ram
Visiontek G4 TI4200
40 Gig WD HDD
Win 98 SE

Nothing special about it, only one DVD drive and one HDD, thanks.

 

[johnoh]

Questions to consider:

Does the 4200 work fine on another system?
Does any other video card work on your new system?
Have you reseated the 4200?
Have you tried a PCI video card, to rule out a mobo AGP problem?

If the answers are yes then you might have a bad psu. 300w is enough for your system but a 300w rating doesn't mean the psu doesn't suck, or that it really can put out 300w.


John A