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I have a predicament.
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Yes, they are muppets at XFX. Fact.
I have decided to keep it
Has anyone any experience flashing GTX 280 bios? I want to flash it to XFX default clocks (e.g 602 etc).
Speaking as someone that had on paper at least a power supply that should have been upto the job of powering my rig and now sitting here waiting for the dhl van to bring me my new corsair psu i really would have the psu checked out. You returned it to the shop and they had no problems were they using your psu or another ?, you would be surprised how little extra power draw can bring a psu to it's limit. If only for piece of mind has to be worth making sure your psu is not on it's way out.
I think you'll all agree, that not knowing the offending component in your system can be a nightmare. Either way, it's impossible to ignore.
Because of this I am now going to get startd on investigating the PSU but I have some problems:
A)No money.............Student.
B)Competitor say it's outside of warranty. (Yet it's well within manufacturer warranty)
C)Enermax have buggered off to Germany.
D)Can't be without my PC for a second as my Science degree is relentless.
What to do?
WOW, MIGHT HAVE CRACKED IT!
ACCORDING TO MY GTX 280 BOX, I NEED 40A ON THE +12V RAIL. FROM LOOKING AT THE SPECS OF MY PSU ON THE ENERMAX WEBSITE http://enermax.de/en/products/power-supply/infiniti.html IT APPEARS TO HAVE ONLY 30A. IS THIS NOT CRAZY RUBBISH FOR A 720W PSU? ANYWAY, IS IT IN FACT 90A BECAUSE IT COMBINES THE THREE RAILS OR WILL I INDEED NEED TO FORK OUT ON A TX850. AT LEAST I'LL KNOW.
ACCORDING TO MY GTX 280 BOX, I NEED 40A ON THE +12V RAIL. FROM LOOKING AT THE SPECS OF MY PSU ON THE ENERMAX WEBSITE http://enermax.de/en/products/power-supply/infiniti.html IT APPEARS TO HAVE ONLY 30A. IS THIS NOT CRAZY RUBBISH FOR A 720W PSU? ANYWAY, IS IT IN FACT 90A BECAUSE IT COMBINES THE THREE RAILS OR WILL I INDEED NEED TO FORK OUT ON A TX850. AT LEAST I'LL KNOW.
I take it that's a joke? My loan comes in one day and the whole thing goes on rent the next day.
Is it faulty or is it just not up to the job though? There's no point in sending it back if it's that thee PSU isn't up to it anyway. http://enermax.de/en/products/power-supply/infiniti.html
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lol, and have no food until the next loan
or booze!
If your anywhere near south leicestershire i have an old psu that you could have but i doubt you are near so no use to you. It is damn annoying when you buy a branded psu only to find it isn't upto much but they are the heart of any system and don't always get the consideration they should. I have just got my corsair will be putting it in tomorrow as i am too tired today and tiredness and dismantling things don't usually end well lol.
At least you've got your priorities straight...
I think on some PSUs, to get a combined ampage, you need to use cables that aren't on the same run. How many PCI-E cables does your PSU have? Try swapping them about a bit if you can.
Can you strip the power cables from any unecassary components in your PC, i.e. optical drives, hard drives not running the OS etc. Might free up a few amps and allow you to see if its the PSU which is on the hairy edge and running out of steam?
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That PSU would have no trouble powering a 280.
Any ideas what it could be then? Might the PSU be faulty or could it be the mobo?
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Id say the card if it runs fine when its at default Nvidia clocks.
Probably can't handle the OC's that XFX are doing on em, i remember when there was a shed load of BFG 8800 GT OC's like that when they came out, BFG replaced em all.
Probably can't handle the OC's that XFX are doing on em, i remember when there was a shed load of BFG 8800 GT OC's like that when they came out, BFG replaced em all.