leadtek 4600ti

[lxbruce]

Can anyone help me I am having problems with my leadtek a250 ultra 4600ti. It has been crashing when under load ie. cf3 and the second test on 3d mark 2001 not the first one, I think it might be a power problem when I use the 250watt power it crashes after the 1st test in 3dmark 2001 and when I put in a 300watt power supply it can keep going till half way through the whole 3dmark testing. I think the 300watt power unit is playing up but when I done both tests all I pluged into was the hard disk,floppy and main board.

 

[Col_Kiwi]

if its an ubercheap PSU, 300W may not be enough...

if it does better with the 300 then with the 250 that's a pretty strong indication. try for a 350 or 400 from a <b>good brand</b> like Antec or Enermax, not a cheap no-name one.


no-brand PSUs can sometimes be good sometimes not. I've got <A HREF="http://www.smempire.org/staff/kiwi/system.html" target="_new">my system</A> running on a no-brand 350W that came with my case. I figured i'd have to replace it but since it was a fancy expensive case i figured I'd give it a shot, and it's run perfectly ever since!

I got lucky, many people don't though.

-Col.Kiwi

 

[Skipper007]

Try pulling the Leadtek board out and putting it in again. Leadteks have heavy heatsinks and may get jiggled out of the AGP slot. Believe it or not, I think that solved a problem with my Leadtek board, although I haven't tested it long enough to be sure yet.