Bought the OCUK X1950 Pro 512MB about 3 months ago, no problems until a couple of days ago, system wouldn't power up (not even POST beep) -- [Gigabyte K8-NF9 m/b, Antec 350W PSU, A64X2 4200, 1G DDR, 2xSATA, DVD]
Bought a new 370W power supply, same problem -- grr, so looks like motherboard has died.
Bought a new Socket 939 motherboard (not easy to find, had to get an Asrock 939NF6G-VSTA), rebuilt machine, same problem -- fans give a quick turn and then stop, suggests power supply short.
Since the Asrock m/b also has integrated graphics I remove the X1950 Pro -- and the system starts up just fine, boots all the way to working Windows. Shut down, plug in X1950, dead. Unplug X1950, starts OK.
Anyone ever seen a similar problem? I've got an RMA number from OCUK and plan to send the card back, but I don't want them to then charge me £10 for telling me that it's OK...
(general view is that a 350W PSU is fine for a system like this with a relatively cool CPU and single graphics card -- and it's worked fine for 3 months)
Ian
Bought a new 370W power supply, same problem -- grr, so looks like motherboard has died.
Bought a new Socket 939 motherboard (not easy to find, had to get an Asrock 939NF6G-VSTA), rebuilt machine, same problem -- fans give a quick turn and then stop, suggests power supply short.
Since the Asrock m/b also has integrated graphics I remove the X1950 Pro -- and the system starts up just fine, boots all the way to working Windows. Shut down, plug in X1950, dead. Unplug X1950, starts OK.
Anyone ever seen a similar problem? I've got an RMA number from OCUK and plan to send the card back, but I don't want them to then charge me £10 for telling me that it's OK...
(general view is that a 350W PSU is fine for a system like this with a relatively cool CPU and single graphics card -- and it's worked fine for 3 months)
Ian
