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Troubleshoot - New Video Card causes sysetm to random shut down during boot
Alkey42
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I just bought a Radeon HD 5770 to replace my X1950PRO. I have a Asius PK5 SE with a Core Duo 2.6 and a 450W PS. When I installed the 5770, the computer would randomly shut down without warning when booting up. It did sometimes give an error I hadn't seen before saying it could not overclock the processor. It managed to stay on long enough (it did take 3 attempts) to reset the bios to standard settings. That stopped the error but not the shutdowns. I pulled the battery and cleared the cmos. No noticeable effect. I replaced the X1950, it is still having the same problems.
Sometimes it stays on for about 4 seconds, not even getting through the POST. Sometimes it gets to the windows loading screen. It doesn't give any error beeps, just the one after the POST saying all is well.
Any thoughts? The only thing I can figure is that maybe the lack of video horsepower could of been my PSU going out, and the new card pushed it over the line.
Sometimes it stays on for about 4 seconds, not even getting through the POST. Sometimes it gets to the windows loading screen. It doesn't give any error beeps, just the one after the POST saying all is well.
Any thoughts? The only thing I can figure is that maybe the lack of video horsepower could of been my PSU going out, and the new card pushed it over the line.
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Replaced it with a 600w one and it's running fine. May not be your problem, though.