Cold Cathode Problems..

[TW]Fox · 28 Jan 2011 at 17:23

Hi,

I have a Cold Cathode kit in my PC. I very rarely use it, usually its on for the first 2 weeks after an upgrade until the novelty wears off.

I've noticed that most of the time when I power it on or off from the switch, I lose video output to my monitors. The PC remains on (Though once it did power off), and I can still hear music, teamspeak, but there is no video output until I hit reset.

It looks to be connected properly. Any ideas?

[TW]Fox · 28 Jan 2011 at 17:32

I've not even considered that. What are the typical power figures for a basic 2 cathode kit?

[TW]Fox · 28 Jan 2011 at 17:52

It seems to power the gfx card down completely - the fan stops.

I'm going to leave it off for now, how irritating.

[TW]Fox · 2 Feb 2011 at 17:22

Nope

Had the set out of the case and plugged into a molex as I had suspected the switch wsa touching the case perhaps but it still does the same thing - switch on or off and poof, graphics card powers down.

Doesnt seem like you can get blue cathodes anymore either. Doh!