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Pedialyte · 08-29-2003, 11:25 AM

Hey, i recently got my hands on a new Radeon 9800 Pro, ever since then i have been having frequent bluescreens, usually while running bittorrent or doing other 2d accelerated things, it has happened a few times in 3d games but very rarely compared to how much it does it in the windows desktop. I have a hunch it may be the power supply and lack of juice for the high power demanding radeon. I have only a 300W PS, does this sound like the likely problem? I do have quite a lot of thing hooked up to this dated PS, especially with the Radeon needing to be directly plugged into the PS. Any other ideas?

Athlon XP 1800+
Abit KX7-333
300W PS
Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
256 PC2700 Samsung
WD 160Gig Special Edition
IBM 30 Gig
Acer DVDROM
Verbatim 32x12x40 CDRW
3 case fans (just to approximate the power consumption)

08-29-2003, 11:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
Pedialyte Crazy Location: Minneapolis	Blue screens and my new Radeon Hey, i recently got my hands on a new Radeon 9800 Pro, ever since then i have been having frequent bluescreens, usually while running bittorrent or doing other 2d accelerated things, it has happened a few times in 3d games but very rarely compared to how much it does it in the windows desktop. I have a hunch it may be the power supply and lack of juice for the high power demanding radeon. I have only a 300W PS, does this sound like the likely problem? I do have quite a lot of thing hooked up to this dated PS, especially with the Radeon needing to be directly plugged into the PS. Any other ideas? Athlon XP 1800+ Abit KX7-333 300W PS Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB 256 PC2700 Samsung WD 160Gig Special Edition IBM 30 Gig Acer DVDROM Verbatim 32x12x40 CDRW 3 case fans (just to approximate the power consumption)