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windows 7 is my new primary os. now that i have sound working i will not be going back ever.

I have DL'd both verisons but I can not get anyone of them to install, it just sits for ever and then the it says it is doing stuff and then reboots and then the monitor goes black and stays that way forever...

Anyone else have any issues, or could you help a brother out???

I was also very impressed with the size, so many people had said it was fairly big, but it was the same size if not smaller then the Ultra 450w one it replaced. You will be very happy with the Corsair PSU IMO.

If you do want something a little more powerfull get the 750 version of this PSU, it has a great rating and the same power setup except it pushes 60A's on the single rail at 720watts, very nice....

And, thoughts on this PSU?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817341002

I got this one and think it is very nice (nearly silent when running), and fixed all my issues with my older PSU.

Okay I order a Corsair tx650w PSU should be here by wed ($99 + free shipping and $20 rebate on top of that). Seems like a good PSU 52A and 80%+ eff. I will let you know...

There is going to be one and that's final!

 

Even if it's just me ...

 

can we order pizza and watch you binge eat your way through a box?

Oh Al, the pizza eating war starts again.

<smile> He does like his pizza, i will give him that....

Okay so I thought I had figured out but I got another symptom here. I DL'd Bioshock (hey for $4.99 how can i pass it up). Went to play and 2 min's into game it crashed just like in source. So i unhook the other hd's and boot up. Start it again and they I get some graphics stuttering and then a crash to desktop saying the display driver failed. So i am now thinking it is the card and not the power supply. I check the PSU today and it is 500watts with 38amps on the 12v rail so that should not be the issue. So either the driver is all messed up or the card is going bad or should I say is bad. I wish I had another pci-e card to test this theory out... Any input for you guys...????

No they did and they still sell a couple but was thinking perhaps someone had an old one...

So I am wanting to setup a NAS server with my HD's and have it running fine but I need SATA connections and the older MB does not have any. I know you can purchase the PCI cards to allos SATA connections, but I thought one of us might have an Older 478 board sitting around they want to s send my way for a little something (shipping..). Let me know if anyone can help me out?

700watt Coolmax modular PSU

 

Gigabyte Micro ATX Motherboard

E8400 C2D CPU w/ stock HS/92mm Fan

Powercolor ATI HD4700

4x 2GB DDR2 800

2 120mm led fans

3 80mm led fans

2 7200x hard drives

1 DVDRW drive

one LED fan controler

2 4" cold cathode tubes

Front LCD temp display on case

 

USB KB

USB Mouse

USB Laser Printer

USB remote control

USB sound controler

USB headset

ya I have almost the exact same thing except 1 more HD and the 8800gts instead, but with a 500watt PSU. So the 650 or a 700 would work for me I would think.

Thanks for the information Preacher..and Happy Holidays to you on this christmas day.

I'm not really sure of the math they use for their calculations. Thermaltake has a utility I have used and for my system it says 356 watts, Newegg doesn't take into account even half of the factors and they are out of date when it comes to modern video cards and the like and so I substituted an 8800gtx for my 4870 and it came up with over 600 watts needed.

 

I just don't know buddy.

What are your spec's and PSU that you use currently?

so i tried everything I can think of and n0w still have the same issue. So i sat down today and did 3 hours of trouble shooting. What i came up with is it is the PSU. It is two small is what i am thinking. I came to this conclusion when i tested disconnecting all my HD's (3 of them) and only running the one with OS and Steam on it. When I did this everything worked out well, NO shutdown. When I connected the other HD's and ran CS it would shut down. So I think the draw is tooo much. I am thinking my PSU is maybe 500watts (did not look as it is on the side that is covered), but I did test the PSU with a tested and all the rails came up good and within range.

So i used the newegg PSU cal, and it is recommending 581watts, which if I am right that my current PSU is only 500 would seem to fit.

Does anyone second my reasoning here?? Or suggestions about the PSU size or commendations? They have a nice 80plus cert 650 Consair PSU at newegg that is like $80-90 after rebate...???

202, sry I missed last week, but it was the same as this week anyways. next week starts the exercise program again.

This holiday food thing is one really big temptation...

Man I am sorry you are having so many issues...Nothing like getting all the gear and excited about building it, but to run into a wall is just fustraiting. Dont let it discourage you in the future...soo enough the good times will roll and you will now be "that much" wiser...

Cheers,

Happy Holidays

Ya they shoudls till honor the exchange, just tell them you dont have the box anymore. Plus is shouls still be under warrenty via newegg or manufactor...

The media Center remote is one that you use with your comp to contole Windows Media Center Applications?? If so then I may want it...

I guess my next question would be, any recommendations?

 

Personally I don't enjoy FPS games on console, I haven't played one since Golden Eye, and probably never will again only because of my PC. I do like Madden, but then again football season is almost over.

I'll trade you my Madden for your SB card?? Or I do have some others that I am no longer playing: MotorStorm, Ninja Gaiden, Civ. and a couple others I can not think of at the moument.

Let me know..

So if you are good with code, this might be something to check out....cool concept.

Bountys

Tried a number of different ways to install drivers. Nothing works. Installed chipset, motherboard drivers, Windows Update in a number of different orders without a change. Once I install anything from ATI, I get a BSOD.

 

I think it's the card now. I'm getting artifacts at BIOS, Windows loading screen, desktop (oddly, there are less artifacts here than in the other ones), etc.; a couple of vertical blue lines at BIOS, a lot of red lines and green lines at Windows loading screen, a couple red lines at desktop, and some similar problems in between screens.

 

I'm guessing the card is defective since I'm not OCing anything, and it can't be overheating since it happens right as I turn on the computer. Everything is plugged in right, card is seated correctly, 6 pin is in securely, the monitor doesn't seem to be the problem, so I'm pretty sure it's the card. I'm going to switch monitors from my old computer to the new one, switch cables, etc., but I'm pretty sure I know what's wrong now. My 7600GT never showed artifacts when I first installed it in my current computer, just a lower resolution because I hadn't installed drivers yet; the 4850 shows a lower resolution and artifacts.

 

I'm inside the 30 day period for RMA to Newegg. Anyone got any tips for me? It should be a straightforward process, but I was wondering if anyone had experience with Newegg's RMA procedure and had any advice on how to deal with them. Thanks.

Ya go ahead and do the RMA, they are really good about things and quick. Hey atleast this way you will know if it is the card when you get the new one in..

only push it once...and only if you really need to..

Update: Install is not going well. Instead of installing video card drivers again, I updated Windows using Windows Update first so that I could make sure that wasn't the problem. After successfully downloading the necessary updates, the computer asks to restart. I say okay, and I get the BSOD again after the Windows loading screen with the green bar. Didn't even have to install video drivers to get it this time; this time, I update Windows, and it happens. I don't know what the problem is anymore.

 

I went back to doing a clean install of Windows again. Here's what my plan is this time based on what you guys suggested and what I've experienced:

 

Install Windows OS-done

1. After OS, install chipset drivers.

2. Install audio drivers

3. Install Realtek Lan drivers

4. Install Asus EPU 4 engine

5. Install Express Gate

(These are all drivers that are listed in the motherboard manual. I'm installing all of them to be on the safe side, except for Norton antivirus, which I don't want or need.)

 

6. Install Asus Update BIOS Utility

7. Install Microsoft Directx9.0c(?)

(There are more utilities, but I'm installing the Update BIOS utility, so that I can update BIOS from within Windows safely. The Microsoft Directx9.0c is just to avoid any problems with the video card.)

 

8. Install wireless adapter that will allow me to connect to Internet.

9. Activate Windows online(?)

10. Run Asus Update BIOS utility and download latest from ASUS website.

 

11. After restart, update Windows through Windows Update. Restart.

If successful, then install video card drivers.

If not, go back to system restore to beginning before audio driver installation.

 

If necessary, I'll install the wireless adapter after the chipset installation. Install Asus Update BIOS utility. Then I'll connect to the Internet and update to the latest BIOS. Then install everything else, and then update Windows.

 

I dunno, I'm feeling pretty lost here. Anyone else got a better installation plan? I only changed one setting in BIOS, which was the boot order priority (DVD drive first, HD after that, etc.) If everything still goes wrong after this one, I'll probably rip out the 2 GB of memory and replace it with the other stick that came with it. The memory shouldn't be a problem unless I'm supposed to go into BIOS and set the voltage; I left it to auto.

 

If anyone has their own method of installing stuff, I'm open to hearing it, even though I might not be able to apply each step exactly since everyone has different components. I could use the help though.

The one thing i would suggest is when u do the chipset install make sure you DL'd the neswest ones from the MB site, get the DL with all the drivers, it should install all of those things u listed after that on its own. Also DO NOT install anything from windows until you get everything from the MB site installed and the graphic drivers installed after that do the windows install and DO NOT let it switch u to automatic update wait until you hav everything updated on your own first. Also make sure you ignore any update that will change anything about your MB installed items (update is well known to downgrade to older drivers because they have not gotten around to cert'n them), really making sure it does not try to install another video driver use the newest ones from AMD. In my past 4-5 builds this was an issue i found. Good luck monk...

To be honest this sounds like the chipset drivers and bios need to be updated and flashed. I would make sure those two things are done 1st, and see were that takes you...

Well I'm just glad that my input helped u find the problem. I really like this gtx260 cuz under load its at 58-59C with 40% fan, if i beef that up to 100%, well I never have a heating issue to even think of doing that lol.

It did help..and thank you. Now I saw that newegg had a 260 on sale for $189, and I found a 4850 for $129, which one is better, and why?? I have heard that the 4850 get realy really hot....

If it's a heating issue w/ the video card, you can either return it under warranty, or just use RivaTuner and beef up the fan speed. I have 2 8800GT 512 SC cards, and they would run hot and crash on Crysis (70-80c), beefed up the fan to 50% instead of 30, and now everything is happy. And the noise increase was minimal if that is a big issue for you.

 

And now that I think about it, your card may have a "safety" feature that will shut down the computer when your card hits a certain temp. They do the same thing on motherboards for CPU's that get too hot.

 

Getting a 3rd party cooler works too, however I recommend getting Riva, it's easy to setup also. If you need help let me know, or I'm sure others could help too.

I did get riva and use to set to 100% but the card still runs a little hot, but atleast i can play. I saw a ASUS 4850 with a Zalman fan for $129 free shipping so i may get that if things get worse.

OKay so I am going to say that after a lot of testing this and that and everything that it is caused by a heat issue with my video card. It seems that if I try and run CS when it is 69+ it will fail and shut off the computer. When I start the game when it is in the low 60's everything works out fine.

Would it be worth while looking into getting a different cooler to install on the video card or is it not worth it.

?? Would running the card on a much larger monitor cause the card to work harder and generate more heat??