RadeonXT9800 256 Power WEIRDNESS

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fox2000djh

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Hi there

1st time poster here !

Wonder if anyone has any idea as to what the hell is going on with my PC. Basically, every now and then after being turned off for a night or so, my PC won't turn back on.

Upon pressing the power button, i get a micro-second flash of my Blue fans and a split second whirr of the CPU fan. At that point i cant attempt to power back on unless i remove the physical power cable from the machine and reconnect.

Strange thing is that i CAN get the machine to boot and play fine if i remove the power connector from my Radeon GFX card and reconnect it. Strange.

Could this be a GFX card fault. I've tried this on two mobo's and the result's the same.

It's really frustrating as the problem is very intermittent.

Setup is :

XP3200+ at core speeds
1gig Crucial PC3200 (2x512) at 200mhz
Connect3D Radeon 9800XT 256mb
2xSamsung CDRW/DVD combos
120gig Maxtor SATA 7200rpm, 8mb
Asus A7N8X-E mobo latest bios
WinXP pro and all patches/drivers
Antec lanboy case, Antec 430w PSU

Anyone else had a similar kinda problem?

THanks, FoX :sick:
 
Hey, welcome to hardwareforums. From what you've described, I'd suspect the video card. It could be a bad power rail on your PSU, but I doubt it. Antec is a good company, and their PSUs don't fail often.
 
Hi there

Thanks for the advice... just found out what the problem was !!! faulty motherboard!!

Not having much luck with DOA components at the moment!
 
fox2000djh said:
Not having much luck with DOA components at the moment!
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Sounds like! It seems Asus and Abit have traded places in terms of stability lately. I've seen a few DOA Asus boards myself in recent times. Glad you got it taken care of though. :good:
 
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