Hi I've had my His excalibur 9800pro All in wonder for 2 years now, its been giving me problems the whole time. But about a year ago it started drawing alot of current and the molex connection became really hot and the red 6V pin even blackened. I got myself a new 450W psu yesterday, as i felt my old 300W wasn't able to support all my hdds and stuff. But the new psu refuses to start with the graphics card molex connected. Maybe it doesn't like the amount of current being drawn by the gfx card. Any1 ever had trouble like this before? Has my graphics card just slowly died over the years and should i throw it away? Or is there a way to fix it, maybe an electronics expert might be able to help me here. Would it maybe just be a voltage regulator that needs replacing? Any help would be gladly appreciated, i really wanna save this card
Well, sounds like the cards faulty, also what make and model is your psu, and what make and model is your old psu? I must say, when buying a PSU, you should not look at how many watts it has, a good 400W PSU, with decent +12V rails (prefrebly dual 12v rails) would be better than a cheapo 550W psu.
First of all, as Willz said you should make sure that your PSU is a good brand, like Antec, Thermaltake, Fortron, Sparkle, check the power supply sticky thread for more info. http://www.hardwareforums.com/power-supply-sticky-5218/ If you think your PSU's fine and able to handle it, then you may need to think about replacing your card. Blackened connectors are definately not a good sign.
The new power supply is an "A-open Z450-08ATA" 450W and seem very decent. Just read through the specs on their website http://global.aopen.com.tw/Products/images/power/Products/Z450-08ATA.pdf and it has shortcircuit protection and such. Which would explain it switching off striaght away. The old psu is some noname 300W that came with the case. Which leads me to think that it wouldn;t have any cool protections. So all in all, my 9800 probably has a shortcircuit sumwhere or faulty regulator or wat ever, but it works with my old psu, at the expense of alot of powerloss and damage to my other hardware if i plug too much in. If any1 has any idea how i can save my 9800pro, probably quite technical, please let me know!
12a and 15a for a power supply, hmm those ratings dont seem good, but i dunno, 27A all together, i dont think Aopen are very good brands for psu, last time i heard of them was DVD roms and things like that.., if there is a faulty regulator or any faulty electric on the card, its best to buy a new card.
Well, it's got dual 12V rails, and the 3.3V is decent, so in this case, it seems that the card is likely faulty. Fixing the 9800 would require knowing what broke. It could be anything from a resistor to the 9800Pro chip itself, including the board. Given that you're dealing with some burnt areas, if you have a warranty still intact with the card, it's probably time to make use of it with whatever company made the card. Make sure it's with the card company. ATi does make cards, but they will only service their cards, not a card from the likes of Sapphire, PowerColor, Asus, etc.
PaddyB. Im supprised your 9800 lasted 2 years Myself and some of my other friends all had 9800's. Mine blew after 6 months, and the rest eventually died. At least I could swap mine for a 6600GT because it was less than a year old. Anyway if its bust sorry dude
