GTX 660 ''Please power down and connect the pcie power cables for this card''

[Etzix]

Hey all! After reading around here for months and other forums and still not finding any solution i decided to ask. My Gigabyte gtx 660 is acting weird. my computer boots up fine and i can surf the web and do other things. But when i start any program that puts load on the graphic card (such as games) the graphic cards fans start going fast and then it just blue screens. after the blue screen it says ''Please power down and connect the pci-e power cables for this graphics card''. Help?

My specs:
Card: Nvidia Geforce gtx 660 by Gigabyte
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme4
PSU: Cooler Master GX Lite 600w
Ram: 8GB
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor
Win 7 64bit

Thanks in advance!

 

[corespeedz]

I know this is an old post, but I am going around posting new information on my experiences with this problem and how I fixed it.

So last night, I was putting together a new build for my brother when I encountered this error. I did the typical troubleshooting procedures but to no avail. After not being able to figure out this error, I decided to browse the forums for similar issues and found several posts with answers to my scenario. Obviously the answers were not useful because they were telling people the worst case scenario, which was that their card was no good! To make a long story short, the answer to the problem I was experiencing was not that the gpu was bad, but simply that there was a short in the power supply. All this means, is that one of the power connectors could not process the card effectively, so it slammed me with the error message. A simple solution to accommodate the card was to switch the pci-e cables to another available slot on the power supply.

Hope this helps! 

 

[hang-the-9]

Test your video card in another system, only real way to rule out if the card is bad or if it's something else.

Since you are replacing a 660, you can spend about a lot less and get R9 270X. It's faster than your 660 that is having issues and is a lot cheaper than the nVidia 770 although slower than that card. But since you are basically replacing a bad card, unless you really want to upgrade, you will be just fine with the 270X.

But we cant really know, Sometimes it works for a week , sometimes it only works for 30 minutes.

Try a BIOS update, also check for any other driver updates for the motherboard and system. Try running it with the case open with a small fan blowing on the card, maybe it's a heat issue. Re-installing Windows won't be a bad idea either. Maybe play around with different RAM sticks.

Did you try the card in another system for a while? Like I said that will rule out the card or the system. If the issue follows the card, bad card. The only other way is to replace the card you have and see if that will fix it.

 

[Etzix]

Tried updating drivers (I know, again!) to latest and setting the reso to FHD? Also, I know you might have tried that out, you can try BIOS reset to wipe every nonsense setting out and start from basics, might do the trick.

Bought new graphics card and it works great, Altough i was hoping it was the case for the lag problems i get whenever i game. Every 20 sec - 5 minutes i get HORRIBLE fps drop down to 5-20fps for about 5-15 seconds. After it goes away im back up at 60-120fps depending on game. Any suggestions? Ive appreciated what youve done so far so i decided id ask again...

 

[corespeedz]

Tried updating drivers (I know, again!) to latest and setting the reso to FHD? Also, I know you might have tried that out, you can try BIOS reset to wipe every nonsense setting out and start from basics, might do the trick.

Bought new graphics card and it works great, Altough i was hoping it was the case for the lag problems i get whenever i game. Every 20 sec - 5 minutes i get HORRIBLE fps drop down to 5-20fps for about 5-15 seconds. After it goes away im back up at 60-120fps depending on game. Any suggestions? Ive appreciated what youve done so far so i decided id ask again...

Lag can be caused by a variety of factors. For example not having enough random access memory can cause stuttering in some games, so accommodating your system with more RAM can relieve those tiny freezes you keep encountering . You could have a hardware bottleneck causing unstable game play, which in your case would be the central processing unit. A big misconception in hardware buying is that people tend to go all out on graphic cards and cheap out their main component, the CPU. Are you rolling with a 3rd or 4th generation i5-i7?

Please post your specifications, so I can better facilitate the issues you are having with your gaming pc.

 

[Etzix]

Tried updating drivers (I know, again!) to latest and setting the reso to FHD? Also, I know you might have tried that out, you can try BIOS reset to wipe every nonsense setting out and start from basics, might do the trick.

Bought new graphics card and it works great, Altough i was hoping it was the case for the lag problems i get whenever i game. Every 20 sec - 5 minutes i get HORRIBLE fps drop down to 5-20fps for about 5-15 seconds. After it goes away im back up at 60-120fps depending on game. Any suggestions? Ive appreciated what youve done so far so i decided id ask again...

Lag can be caused by a variety of factors. For example not having enough random access memory can cause stuttering in some games, so accommodating your system with more RAM can relieve those tiny freezes you keep encountering . You could have a hardware bottleneck causing unstable game play, which in your case would be the central processing unit. A big misconception in hardware buying is that people tend to go all out on graphic cards and cheap out their main component, the CPU. Are you rolling with a 3rd or 4th generation i5-i7?

Please post your specifications, so I can better facilitate the issues you are having with your gaming pc.

My specs are in the main post. If its the processor what would you recommend? Not wanting to spend a whole lot. And the reason i bought a GPU was to be able to use my computer at all but thanks for the tips anyways.

 

[corespeedz]

Tried updating drivers (I know, again!) to latest and setting the reso to FHD? Also, I know you might have tried that out, you can try BIOS reset to wipe every nonsense setting out and start from basics, might do the trick.

Bought new graphics card and it works great, Altough i was hoping it was the case for the lag problems i get whenever i game. Every 20 sec - 5 minutes i get HORRIBLE fps drop down to 5-20fps for about 5-15 seconds. After it goes away im back up at 60-120fps depending on game. Any suggestions? Ive appreciated what youve done so far so i decided id ask again...

Lag can be caused by a variety of factors. For example not having enough random access memory can cause stuttering in some games, so accommodating your system with more RAM can relieve those tiny freezes you keep encountering . You could have a hardware bottleneck causing unstable game play, which in your case would be the central processing unit. A big misconception in hardware buying is that people tend to go all out on graphic cards and cheap out their main component, the CPU. Are you rolling with a 3rd or 4th generation i5-i7?

Please post your specifications, so I can better facilitate the issues you are having with your gaming pc.

My specs are in the main post. If its the processor what would you recommend? Not wanting to spend a whole lot. And the reason i bought a GPU was to be able to use my computer at all but thanks for the tips anyways.

Your specs are fine and there is no need to throw more money at your rig, because with that setup, you can run most games with a high setting. I am a big fan of Asrock. Does your computer overload more in mmos or do you experience the same issues across the board with 8 or less people playing in a game? What quality setting do you play with the most and what games would those be? Also, I would check out the game forums that you play on and see if other people are experiencing the same issues as you, because most likely they are server side associated. Like for instance a game called rust that I use to play was run mostly on the server side. A lot of back end processing can really screw up the client side enjoyment.

 

[Etzix]

Tried updating drivers (I know, again!) to latest and setting the reso to FHD? Also, I know you might have tried that out, you can try BIOS reset to wipe every nonsense setting out and start from basics, might do the trick.

Bought new graphics card and it works great, Altough i was hoping it was the case for the lag problems i get whenever i game. Every 20 sec - 5 minutes i get HORRIBLE fps drop down to 5-20fps for about 5-15 seconds. After it goes away im back up at 60-120fps depending on game. Any suggestions? Ive appreciated what youve done so far so i decided id ask again...

Lag can be caused by a variety of factors. For example not having enough random access memory can cause stuttering in some games, so accommodating your system with more RAM can relieve those tiny freezes you keep encountering . You could have a hardware bottleneck causing unstable game play, which in your case would be the central processing unit. A big misconception in hardware buying is that people tend to go all out on graphic cards and cheap out their main component, the CPU. Are you rolling with a 3rd or 4th generation i5-i7?

Please post your specifications, so I can better facilitate the issues you are having with your gaming pc.

My specs are in the main post. If its the processor what would you recommend? Not wanting to spend a whole lot. And the reason i bought a GPU was to be able to use my computer at all but thanks for the tips anyways.

Your specs are fine and there is no need to throw more money at your rig, because with that setup, you can run most games with a high setting. I am a big fan of Asrock. Does your computer overload more in mmos or do you experience the same issues across the board with 8 or less people playing in a game? What quality setting do you play with the most and what games would those be? Also, I would check out the game forums that you play on and see if other people are experiencing the same issues as you, because most likely they are server side associated. Like for instance a game called rust that I use to play was run mostly on the server side. A lot of back end processing can really screw up the client side enjoyment.

Sadly it happens in all games , online or not. I have 100MB Down and 10MB up on fiber. But as an example if i play Archeage (New mmo) It happens every 30-1 minute for about 5-15 seconds , While as i play awesomenauts (Online 2D game) It can happen once every 8 minutes or so. I should mention that youre a maximum of 6 players in awesomenauts. Also i like to play as high as possible. On Archeage i get 90 stable fps and 55-60 in full towns. But the ''drops'' drop me down to 15 for 10 seconds.

 

[corespeedz]

Tried updating drivers (I know, again!) to latest and setting the reso to FHD? Also, I know you might have tried that out, you can try BIOS reset to wipe every nonsense setting out and start from basics, might do the trick.

Bought new graphics card and it works great, Altough i was hoping it was the case for the lag problems i get whenever i game. Every 20 sec - 5 minutes i get HORRIBLE fps drop down to 5-20fps for about 5-15 seconds. After it goes away im back up at 60-120fps depending on game. Any suggestions? Ive appreciated what youve done so far so i decided id ask again...

Lag can be caused by a variety of factors. For example not having enough random access memory can cause stuttering in some games, so accommodating your system with more RAM can relieve those tiny freezes you keep encountering . You could have a hardware bottleneck causing unstable game play, which in your case would be the central processing unit. A big misconception in hardware buying is that people tend to go all out on graphic cards and cheap out their main component, the CPU. Are you rolling with a 3rd or 4th generation i5-i7?

Please post your specifications, so I can better facilitate the issues you are having with your gaming pc.

My specs are in the main post. If its the processor what would you recommend? Not wanting to spend a whole lot. And the reason i bought a GPU was to be able to use my computer at all but thanks for the tips anyways.

Your specs are fine and there is no need to throw more money at your rig, because with that setup, you can run most games with a high setting. I am a big fan of Asrock. Does your computer overload more in mmos or do you experience the same issues across the board with 8 or less people playing in a game? What quality setting do you play with the most and what games would those be? Also, I would check out the game forums that you play on and see if other people are experiencing the same issues as you, because most likely they are server side associated. Like for instance a game called rust that I use to play was run mostly on the server side. A lot of back end processing can really screw up the client side enjoyment.

Sadly it happens in all games , online or not. I have 100MB Down and 10MB up on fiber. But as an example if i play Archeage (New mmo) It happens every 30-1 minute for about 5-15 seconds , While as i play awesomenauts (Online 2D game) It can happen once every 8 minutes or so. I should mention that youre a maximum of 6 players in awesomenauts. Also i like to play as high as possible. On Archeage i get 90 stable fps and 55-60 in full towns. But the ''drops'' drop me down to 15 for 10 seconds.

This does not sound like a hardware dependent issue to me. It sounds like a software issue. I would assume your drivers are updated right? Maybe do a clean install just to be certain. Another thing I like to do is monitor services that are running in the background. I run a server from my computer, which streams movies to my family, so every time the transcoder service needs to be applied to a certain file I end up getting bad cpu spikes. Task manager should suffice for these matters and you want to have it running while in game to spot any odd behavior.

My brother plays archage, he really loves it. Breaks from the traditional mmo paradigm, which is refreshing to see! Trion made a great move on westernizing that game.

 

[Etzix]

Tried updating drivers (I know, again!) to latest and setting the reso to FHD? Also, I know you might have tried that out, you can try BIOS reset to wipe every nonsense setting out and start from basics, might do the trick.

Bought new graphics card and it works great, Altough i was hoping it was the case for the lag problems i get whenever i game. Every 20 sec - 5 minutes i get HORRIBLE fps drop down to 5-20fps for about 5-15 seconds. After it goes away im back up at 60-120fps depending on game. Any suggestions? Ive appreciated what youve done so far so i decided id ask again...

Lag can be caused by a variety of factors. For example not having enough random access memory can cause stuttering in some games, so accommodating your system with more RAM can relieve those tiny freezes you keep encountering . You could have a hardware bottleneck causing unstable game play, which in your case would be the central processing unit. A big misconception in hardware buying is that people tend to go all out on graphic cards and cheap out their main component, the CPU. Are you rolling with a 3rd or 4th generation i5-i7?

Please post your specifications, so I can better facilitate the issues you are having with your gaming pc.

My specs are in the main post. If its the processor what would you recommend? Not wanting to spend a whole lot. And the reason i bought a GPU was to be able to use my computer at all but thanks for the tips anyways.

Your specs are fine and there is no need to throw more money at your rig, because with that setup, you can run most games with a high setting. I am a big fan of Asrock. Does your computer overload more in mmos or do you experience the same issues across the board with 8 or less people playing in a game? What quality setting do you play with the most and what games would those be? Also, I would check out the game forums that you play on and see if other people are experiencing the same issues as you, because most likely they are server side associated. Like for instance a game called rust that I use to play was run mostly on the server side. A lot of back end processing can really screw up the client side enjoyment.

Sadly it happens in all games , online or not. I have 100MB Down and 10MB up on fiber. But as an example if i play Archeage (New mmo) It happens every 30-1 minute for about 5-15 seconds , While as i play awesomenauts (Online 2D game) It can happen once every 8 minutes or so. I should mention that youre a maximum of 6 players in awesomenauts. Also i like to play as high as possible. On Archeage i get 90 stable fps and 55-60 in full towns. But the ''drops'' drop me down to 15 for 10 seconds.

This does not sound like a hardware dependent issue to me. It sounds like a software issue. I would assume your drivers are updated right? Maybe do a clean install just to be certain. Another thing I like to do is monitor services that are running in the background. I run a server from my computer, which streams movies to my family, so every time the transcoder service needs to be applied to a certain file I end up getting bad cpu spikes. Task manager should suffice for these matters and you want to have it running while in game to spot any odd behavior.

My brother plays archage, he really loves it. Breaks from the traditional mmo paradigm, which is refreshing to see! Trion made a great move on westernizing that game.

have had 3 clean installs this summer , whereas one was on a completely new harddrive that i got. And i cant find anything while monitoring, No temperature increases, ram is sufficient as i only use about 4-6 gb at max. i just dont know what it could be.

 

[Etzix]

None know what the problem could be?

 

[Etzix]

Tried updating drivers (I know, again!) to latest and setting the reso to FHD? Also, I know you might have tried that out, you can try BIOS reset to wipe every nonsense setting out and start from basics, might do the trick.

Bought new graphics card and it works great, Altough i was hoping it was the case for the lag problems i get whenever i game. Every 20 sec - 5 minutes i get HORRIBLE fps drop down to 5-20fps for about 5-15 seconds. After it goes away im back up at 60-120fps depending on game. Any suggestions? Ive appreciated what youve done so far so i decided id ask again...

Lag can be caused by a variety of factors. For example not having enough random access memory can cause stuttering in some games, so accommodating your system with more RAM can relieve those tiny freezes you keep encountering . You could have a hardware bottleneck causing unstable game play, which in your case would be the central processing unit. A big misconception in hardware buying is that people tend to go all out on graphic cards and cheap out their main component, the CPU. Are you rolling with a 3rd or 4th generation i5-i7?

Please post your specifications, so I can better facilitate the issues you are having with your gaming pc.

My specs are in the main post. If its the processor what would you recommend? Not wanting to spend a whole lot. And the reason i bought a GPU was to be able to use my computer at all but thanks for the tips anyways.

Your specs are fine and there is no need to throw more money at your rig, because with that setup, you can run most games with a high setting. I am a big fan of Asrock. Does your computer overload more in mmos or do you experience the same issues across the board with 8 or less people playing in a game? What quality setting do you play with the most and what games would those be? Also, I would check out the game forums that you play on and see if other people are experiencing the same issues as you, because most likely they are server side associated. Like for instance a game called rust that I use to play was run mostly on the server side. A lot of back end processing can really screw up the client side enjoyment.

Sadly it happens in all games , online or not. I have 100MB Down and 10MB up on fiber. But as an example if i play Archeage (New mmo) It happens every 30-1 minute for about 5-15 seconds , While as i play awesomenauts (Online 2D game) It can happen once every 8 minutes or so. I should mention that youre a maximum of 6 players in awesomenauts. Also i like to play as high as possible. On Archeage i get 90 stable fps and 55-60 in full towns. But the ''drops'' drop me down to 15 for 10 seconds.

This does not sound like a hardware dependent issue to me. It sounds like a software issue. I would assume your drivers are updated right? Maybe do a clean install just to be certain. Another thing I like to do is monitor services that are running in the background. I run a server from my computer, which streams movies to my family, so every time the transcoder service needs to be applied to a certain file I end up getting bad cpu spikes. Task manager should suffice for these matters and you want to have it running while in game to spot any odd behavior.

My brother plays archage, he really loves it. Breaks from the traditional mmo paradigm, which is refreshing to see! Trion made a great move on westernizing that game.

I found it , My processor goes from 60% to 83% whenever it lags. Also when the lag starts its not just the game , its my whole computer.