Powering up problem

Goober171080 · 25 Apr 2012 at 21:42

hi guys and gals,

Over the last couple of days i have been having problems starting my pc when using my graphics card. The pc boots up no problems when i have taken the card out but it fails to start when it is in. I have been using the card for a few months now so it may be this but im not sure.

Card is a evga nvidea 460 OC, my power supply is an Cooler master extreme power 500w, one thing to note though i have been using a 4 pin to 6 pin connector to power the card as the cpu only come with 1 6 pin connector, not sure if this could be the problem though.

Any feed back welcomed

stulid · 25 Apr 2012 at 21:46

What are the rest of the specs?

How old is the PSU? is this the same unit? - http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/arti...reme-Power-Plus-500-W-Power-Supply-Review/728

Goober171080 · 25 Apr 2012 at 21:51

stulid said:
What are the rest of the specs?

How old is the PSU? is this the same unit? - http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/arti...reme-Power-Plus-500-W-Power-Supply-Review/728

Yeah thats the bad boy, had it in my system for about a year now i think.

My system is pretty old to be honest, its an Acer Aspire M5100 AMD 2.2 Phenom. I had the problem about a month ago but after i changed the 4 pin connectors to 2 different connectors it worked ok, hope that bit makes sense lol

Goober171080 · 26 Apr 2012 at 07:13

I have just checked my 4 pin to 6 pin connector and some of the wires were loose in the plastic housing (2 just came out when i touched them) so that could be the problem, going to get a new one today so will update later tonight.

I have noticed that all fans seem to work (even the one on the card) but i just get a click every so often so this is making me think its a power problem.

Any help in the mean time would be great though.