GTX 280 Red Light!!!

[Levirginien]

Need your help good people....My Zotac GTX 280 seem to be working fine but it show a permanent red light which according to my searches so far seem to indicate a power issue.
I am running my system with a 700 power supply which has the following output:

Voltage +5V +12V1 +12V2 +12V3 -12V +5Vs +3.3V
Max load 30.0A 16.0A 25.0A 17.0V 0.5A 2.5A 28.0A
Min. Load 0.5A 1.0A 1.0A 1.0A 0.0A 0.1A 0.8A
Load Reg. +5% ~ -5% +5% ~ -5% +5% ~ -5% +5% ~ -5% +10% ~ -10% +5% ~ -5% +5% ~ -5%
Ripple m(p-p) 70mV 120mV 120mV 120mV 150mV 70mV 70mV

A part from the red light (which lights as soon as I plug in the power cord) The system seems absolutely fine...
thanks for your input on this.

 

[b-star]

HI!

try to connect molexes to PCI-E adapters different way, and try different cable combinations!

Had same issue, after about 15min of "cable play" sorted

 

[Levirginien]

I'll try that b-star....thanks.

 

[Gecco]

yeah had the same issue with mine.
running 3 molex to 6 pin and 1 6 pin to 8 pin adapter.
a play with the cables sorted the red light issue on a 500W PSU

 

[b-star]

500W PSU , for GTX280, LOL!
I wanna change mine, HIPER M 580W It's Running dodgy with my spec!

LEVIRGINIEN - have you managed to fix problem?

 

[jvowles]

any luck? I am running a HX620 and have no issues at all. Are you using the 8 pin power connector that came with it?

 

[Dutch Guy]

Does the PSU have dedicated 8-pin and 6-pin connectors you have not used?

Maybe you are currently overloading one 12V rail when you should split the load over the three 12V rails you have by using other (correct) connectors for the card?

 

[Levirginien]

Hooorrrayyy!!! Thanks everybody I followed your various advices and changed cable connections and finally all red lights diappeared and the beast is now unleashed...
Thanks again....