Hi I have had this problem for some while and really want to get this sorted now but I am stuck at what is wrong and how to deal with it.
On my system I had a Tagan 700W which ran
*Mobo - Asus p5n-e SLI
*CPU - Intel Dual Core 6600 2.40Ghz
*RAM - 2GB 2x Geil pc2 6400
*GPU - Nvidia 8800GTX (overclocked from OCUK)
*HDD - 4 plus 1 external
*DVD - 1
*DVD RW - 1
I didn't have a problem with this set up, until I moved house that is.
Once I set the PC up in the new house all I got was a constant long beep, I tried all the relevant eliminations and got the same out come every time so I took this as the PSU had packed in, so I went round to a mates house who has the same Tagan PSU just to make sure! as I was not having it just pack in on me as it worked a few weeks prior!, when we plugged his PSU into my system it started up fine
I purchased a CiT 650W
thinking that would power everything i have which I was right apart from every time I start up i get a message pop up from Nvidia saying there is insufficient power so it reduced power level for the card to run safely
At the time I just couldn't afford to fork out for anything more than that so i have been using my system for basic web browsing but its killing me not being able to run any games at all
But recently ie today been tinkering about with it had everything out and tried to run it on mere basics mobo, cpu, gpu 1 hdd and am still getting the same pop up as the PSU has only 1 PCI-E cable i tried it in the 8800's other power port and when booted all i got was the long beep now does this mean i had it wrong in the first place? or should i just take the hit and get a new better PSU and a upto date GPU?
Any ideas or help on this would be smashing
Regards
On my system I had a Tagan 700W which ran
*Mobo - Asus p5n-e SLI
*CPU - Intel Dual Core 6600 2.40Ghz
*RAM - 2GB 2x Geil pc2 6400
*GPU - Nvidia 8800GTX (overclocked from OCUK)
*HDD - 4 plus 1 external
*DVD - 1
*DVD RW - 1
I didn't have a problem with this set up, until I moved house that is.
Once I set the PC up in the new house all I got was a constant long beep, I tried all the relevant eliminations and got the same out come every time so I took this as the PSU had packed in, so I went round to a mates house who has the same Tagan PSU just to make sure! as I was not having it just pack in on me as it worked a few weeks prior!, when we plugged his PSU into my system it started up fine
I purchased a CiT 650W
thinking that would power everything i have which I was right apart from every time I start up i get a message pop up from Nvidia saying there is insufficient power so it reduced power level for the card to run safely
At the time I just couldn't afford to fork out for anything more than that so i have been using my system for basic web browsing but its killing me not being able to run any games at all
But recently ie today been tinkering about with it had everything out and tried to run it on mere basics mobo, cpu, gpu 1 hdd and am still getting the same pop up
as the PSU has only 1 PCI-E cable i tried it in the 8800's other power port and when booted all i got was the long beep now does this mean i had it wrong in the first place? or should i just take the hit and get a new better PSU and a upto date GPU?Any ideas or help on this would be smashing
Regards
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You could prolly actually use a 450W, as long as its a good brand then it will actually supply the reccomended power.