new graphics card causing power safe mode

daniashes · 2 Apr 2013 at 19:52

hi all first post so bare with me

anyway i got a new graphics card (AMD 7750) .i have a 450watt PSU and when i put the card in and turned on the pc it entered power safe mood.but works grand when i take it out.do i need to upgrade my psu? or is it something else? it said 400watt or more,and i have 450watt.soo anyone have any idea's ? thanks :cool:

daniashes · 2 Apr 2013 at 21:51

my spec is
AMD A10 5800k 3.8Ghz 4 cores
Radeon 7660d intergrated
Asus F2A55 M
8GB DDR3
CIT 400watt PSU
im brand new to pc gaming etc so im not to pc smart at the minute

daniashes · 3 Apr 2013 at 00:50

evohicks said:
Have you disabled the on board 7660 in your bios settings?
Maybe its trying to power both devices but theres not enough juice.
If you haven't then I would start there first. If you don't know bios maybe you have a friend who does.
Edit: just been reading up on embedded GPUs and it seems that some people have had trouble disabling integrated GPUs in the bios and have simply just gone into the Windows device manager and disabled it there, then rebooted and installed their new GPU.

havnt tried to disable the 7660d yet.but i will give it a try and hopefully it wioll work =) .thanks for the replies.if it doesn't work im sure ill be back to harass you good people tomorrow

daniashes · 3 Apr 2013 at 13:45

Ok i i disabled the 7660d and tried again and it works great.but i will be upgrading the PSU anyway =) thanks all