video card pulling too much power from supply, causing a crash? - Page 3

Lumpy · 08-19-2009, 04:48 PM

I have a buddy that plays and I think he's running Vista...The thing with Vista is that it's a memory hog.

Were you trying to load 7 on the new HD? Was that giving you the error? If not give that a shot, install 7 on the new HD.

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ozziesironmanoffroad · 08-19-2009, 05:48 PM

yeah, 7 was giving me problems on the new hard drive. a file on the cd is corrupted, or something. so im downloading the .iso from microsoft and gonna make my own cd....

Lumpy · 08-19-2009, 05:51 PM

Sounds like a good idea...

atistang · 08-19-2009, 07:22 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139006

this is way better than that 1000w psu

this has 60A on the 12v rail and it basically all comes down to amps and not watts

i built my first gaming pc 2 years ago with a 400w psu from corsair that had 32amps on the 12v rail

it ran my 8800gt no problem

ozziesironmanoffroad · 08-19-2009, 07:53 PM

uh... astang... i already bought a psu... lol.. thanks though

ozziesironmanoffroad · 08-19-2009, 10:21 PM

okay, update. got windows 7 installed on the new drive. downloaded it from microsoft. (today was the last day theyre offering it...

) however... IT DIDNT READ MY SB LIVE OR MY WIRELESS ADAPTER! so, i hooked up the old hd and currently is a dual-boot system. thinkin of leavin it that way....
when windows 7 comes out, ill give it awhile, but im DEFINITELY buying it!

atistang · 08-20-2009, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by ozziesironmanoffroad

uh... astang... i already bought a psu... lol.. thanks though

sorry i just skimmed through a few posts

Lumpy · 08-20-2009, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozziesironmanoffroad

okay, update. got windows 7 installed on the new drive. downloaded it from microsoft. (today was the last day theyre offering it...

) however... IT DIDNT READ MY SB LIVE OR MY WIRELESS ADAPTER! so, i hooked up the old hd and currently is a dual-boot system. thinkin of leavin it that way....
when windows 7 comes out, ill give it awhile, but im DEFINITELY buying it!

It won't take the drivers off the other drive? I'm assuming you did but have you checked the sites for latest drivers? Even if they do not have a 7 driver they might have a newer vista or xp that may work.

ozziesironmanoffroad · 08-20-2009, 06:42 AM

the problem is simply that linksys doesnt offer driver support for 64-bit operating systems, let alone windows 7. i gotta find a 3rd party driver for it.

ozziesironmanoffroad · 08-20-2009, 06:50 AM

think i might have found a third party driver already... downloading it now. will update.

Lumpy · 08-20-2009, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ozziesironmanoffroad

the problem is simply that linksys doesnt offer driver support for 64-bit operating systems, let alone windows 7. i gotta find a 3rd party driver for it.

Ahhhh yes the 64bit I forgot about, that makes things much more interesting...I have a 64bit machine at home, sitting, Don't want to reload because I do not have a 64bit OS to install. It was given to me. Someday...

ozziesironmanoffroad · 08-20-2009, 07:26 AM

just tried the driver, no luck. on the search for another one.

mastacox · 08-20-2009, 07:47 AM

I just built myself a couple of new systems about 2 months ago (both running Windows 7, which I love), and have run into a couple of the same problems you have.

My computer specs (Computer Build Thread):

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition- 3.0 GHz Quad-Core processor of fury! When I water cool it I'll overclock to 3.5 GHz too.
ASUS M4N72-E SLI Motherboard- Supports AMD Socket AM3/AM2+/AM2, built-in SATA RAID and 7.1 audio.
XFX GeForce GTX 260- 896MB on-board memory, 216 core processors of supreme kick-ass.
OCZ Platinum Edition 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR2 800 SDRAM- To make sure I don't run out using Photoshop, video editing, or playing heavy-duty games.
OCZ 700w Power Supply- SLI Ready for future upgrades

And I used my hard drives from my other computer, which total up to 900GB right now, and I plan to get another pair of terabyte hard drives in the future.

Driver support for Windows 7 64-bit is spotty when it comes to older sound cards and wireless adapters. I had a Soundblaster Live that I have had for a long time, but no driver support for it so I just used the on-board 7.1 sound on my mobo instead. In addition, I have a Netgear WG311v2 that isn't supported by Vista or Windows 7 64-bit (however the WG311v3 is).

Overall I like Windows 7 very much (especially if you have the hardware to run it well) and wouldn't recommend buying Vista Ultimate unless it comes with a free upgrade to Windows 7 coupon for next summer.

ozziesironmanoffroad · 08-20-2009, 08:21 AM

okay, so i got the drivers installed.... (i think... the installation of them timed out, but device manager is showing them as ok) but everytime i go to enable the device, it locks up and i have to use task manager to close it. got somethin weird goin on....

mastacox · 08-20-2009, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozziesironmanoffroad

okay, so i got the drivers installed.... (i think... the installation of them timed out, but device manager is showing them as ok) but everytime i go to enable the device, it locks up and i have to use task manager to close it. got somethin weird goin on....

I did a lot of searching for compatible drivers as well, and eventually decided that I will buy another Vista-64 compatible wireless card instead. It's just not worth the trouble IMO, when wireless cards only cost $40.

Lumpy · 08-20-2009, 09:52 AM

$40 isn't bad for an card at all.

ozziesironmanoffroad · 08-21-2009, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mastacox

I did a lot of searching for compatible drivers as well, and eventually decided that I will buy another Vista-64 compatible wireless card instead. It's just not worth the trouble IMO, when wireless cards only cost $40.

thats 40 bucks i dont have right now.... lol.

ozziesironmanoffroad · 08-21-2009, 11:14 AM

i think im gonna give up on windows 7.... its gonna expire in 2 days anyway... i think im gonna try vista 64bit... my buddy has a legit copy of it that hes never used that he told me i could have if i wanted.

mastacox · 08-21-2009, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozziesironmanoffroad

i think im gonna give up on windows 7.... its gonna expire in 2 days anyway... i think im gonna try vista 64bit... my buddy has a legit copy of it that hes never used that he told me i could have if i wanted.

Unfortunately, that's not going to solve you problem. Windows 7 64-bit uses many of the same drivers for Vista 64-bit. So if it didn't work in Windows 7 64, it won't work in Vista 64. It sounds to me like you have to either go back to Windows XP, or pony up for a wireless card. (You could also try the 32-bit version of Windows 7, which will be able to use Vista 32-bit drivers.)

And the Windows 7 RC is good until next April, at which point you will have to buy the real thing or go back to your previous OS.

ozziesironmanoffroad · 08-21-2009, 01:05 PM

yeah, i tried downloading windows 7 32bit earlier, but the download is no longer available. ive been readin up on 64 bit (should have done it in the first place) and for the time being, im staying away from it. not enuf support for it.

ozziesironmanoffroad · 08-22-2009, 07:16 PM

okay, gave up on windows 7. im currently on vista now. the drivers for the wireless card installed flawlessly and perfectly. im just updating stuff now, then gonna let stuff from the other hard drive copy over while i watch the charger game, then finish everything up.

. feels good to be back.

ozziesironmanoffroad · 08-22-2009, 10:23 PM

*update* after 3 hours of searching the internet for drivers for my incredibly ancient sound blaster LIVE! value sound card, i FINALLY found one. creative stopped support, it was a 3rd party reverse engineered driver, and so far its working GREAT. i got all my stuff to vista now from XP. will post up about wow when i get it installed.

ozziesironmanoffroad · 08-23-2009, 06:26 AM

*update* WoW works perfectly. since i used vista, and actually using my dual core processor, its NIGHT AND DAY compared to before.

Lumpy · 08-24-2009, 07:47 AM

Good deal man!!! Too bad 7 would not work right for you though. As long as you have a bunch of RAM you'll like Vista.

ozziesironmanoffroad · 08-24-2009, 07:42 PM

2 GB seems to be enough

08-19-2009, 05:48 PM	#52 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	yeah, 7 was giving me problems on the new hard drive. a file on the cd is corrupted, or something. so im downloading the .iso from microsoft and gonna make my own cd.... __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread Last edited by ozziesironmanoffroad; 08-19-2009 at 06:10 PM.

08-19-2009, 07:53 PM	#55 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	uh... astang... i already bought a psu... lol.. thanks though __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread

08-19-2009, 10:21 PM	#56 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	okay, update. got windows 7 installed on the new drive. downloaded it from microsoft. (today was the last day theyre offering it... ) however... IT DIDNT READ MY SB LIVE OR MY WIRELESS ADAPTER! so, i hooked up the old hd and currently is a dual-boot system. thinkin of leavin it that way.... when windows 7 comes out, ill give it awhile, but im DEFINITELY buying it! __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread

08-20-2009, 06:42 AM	#59 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	the problem is simply that linksys doesnt offer driver support for 64-bit operating systems, let alone windows 7. i gotta find a 3rd party driver for it. __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread Last edited by ozziesironmanoffroad; 08-20-2009 at 06:43 AM.

08-20-2009, 06:50 AM	#60 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	think i might have found a third party driver already... downloading it now. will update. __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread

08-19-2009, 07:22 PM	#54 (permalink)
atistang Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 283	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139006 this is way better than that 1000w psu this has 60A on the 12v rail and it basically all comes down to amps and not watts i built my first gaming pc 2 years ago with a 400w psu from corsair that had 32amps on the 12v rail it ran my 8800gt no problem

08-20-2009, 07:26 AM	#62 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	just tried the driver, no luck. on the search for another one. __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread

08-20-2009, 07:47 AM	#63 (permalink)
mastacox Contributing Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Los Alamos, NM Posts: 2,650	I just built myself a couple of new systems about 2 months ago (both running Windows 7, which I love), and have run into a couple of the same problems you have. My computer specs (Computer Build Thread): AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition- 3.0 GHz Quad-Core processor of fury! When I water cool it I'll overclock to 3.5 GHz too. ASUS M4N72-E SLI Motherboard- Supports AMD Socket AM3/AM2+/AM2, built-in SATA RAID and 7.1 audio. XFX GeForce GTX 260- 896MB on-board memory, 216 core processors of supreme kick-ass. OCZ Platinum Edition 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR2 800 SDRAM- To make sure I don't run out using Photoshop, video editing, or playing heavy-duty games. OCZ 700w Power Supply- SLI Ready for future upgrades And I used my hard drives from my other computer, which total up to 900GB right now, and I plan to get another pair of terabyte hard drives in the future. Driver support for Windows 7 64-bit is spotty when it comes to older sound cards and wireless adapters. I had a Soundblaster Live that I have had for a long time, but no driver support for it so I just used the on-board 7.1 sound on my mobo instead. In addition, I have a Netgear WG311v2 that isn't supported by Vista or Windows 7 64-bit (however the WG311v3 is). Overall I like Windows 7 very much (especially if you have the hardware to run it well) and wouldn't recommend buying Vista Ultimate unless it comes with a free upgrade to Windows 7 coupon for next summer. __________________ Brian 1998 4Runner SR5 Last edited by mastacox; 08-20-2009 at 09:17 AM.

08-20-2009, 08:21 AM	#64 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	okay, so i got the drivers installed.... (i think... the installation of them timed out, but device manager is showing them as ok) but everytime i go to enable the device, it locks up and i have to use task manager to close it. got somethin weird goin on.... __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread

08-21-2009, 11:14 AM	#68 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	i think im gonna give up on windows 7.... its gonna expire in 2 days anyway... i think im gonna try vista 64bit... my buddy has a legit copy of it that hes never used that he told me i could have if i wanted. __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread

08-21-2009, 01:05 PM	#70 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	yeah, i tried downloading windows 7 32bit earlier, but the download is no longer available. ive been readin up on 64 bit (should have done it in the first place) and for the time being, im staying away from it. not enuf support for it. __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread

08-22-2009, 07:16 PM	#71 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	okay, gave up on windows 7. im currently on vista now. the drivers for the wireless card installed flawlessly and perfectly. im just updating stuff now, then gonna let stuff from the other hard drive copy over while i watch the charger game, then finish everything up. . feels good to be back. __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread

08-22-2009, 10:23 PM	#72 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	update after 3 hours of searching the internet for drivers for my incredibly ancient sound blaster LIVE! value sound card, i FINALLY found one. creative stopped support, it was a 3rd party reverse engineered driver, and so far its working GREAT. i got all my stuff to vista now from XP. will post up about wow when i get it installed. __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread

08-23-2009, 06:26 AM	#73 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	update WoW works perfectly. since i used vista, and actually using my dual core processor, its NIGHT AND DAY compared to before. __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread

08-24-2009, 07:42 PM	#75 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	2 GB seems to be enough __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread

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