Just recently purchased and built the following:
DFI Lanparty UT nF4 Ultra-D mobo
AMD 64 3700+ 2.2ghz, San Diego Core
2x1gb corsair xms pc 3200 ram
Diamond Radeon x550 256 mb video card
Cooler Master Case (which included a 350W PS)
2x80 GB WD HDD's, plan to run in a Raid 0 config
Pioneer DVD burner
Standard 3.5" floppy drive
This is the 5th computer i've built so I have a good idea of what i'm doing. This is a work computer and I had to find a new video card quick when ordering (the x300 wasn't in stock) so I ended up getting a better video card (the x550). Little did I know at the bottom of the info for the video card they suggested at least a 420w PS. But it was too late for me to change the card cuz it had already shipped. So after I installed everything and went to boot, all I get is one long beep and a pause, and it repeats. It looks to be a video card error and i'm guessing this is because not enough juice. The video card itself has no place for power to be directly connected and the manufacturer info says nothing of it having to have a specific amount of power. Can anyone verify this problem? Also i've never seen this on a motherboard before but this specific mobo has a plug in right on the board for a hard drive/cd rom power plug, what exactly is this for? Power for the video card? (yes i've plugged a hdd/cdrom power plug into it.
Thanks!!
DFI Lanparty UT nF4 Ultra-D mobo
AMD 64 3700+ 2.2ghz, San Diego Core
2x1gb corsair xms pc 3200 ram
Diamond Radeon x550 256 mb video card
Cooler Master Case (which included a 350W PS)
2x80 GB WD HDD's, plan to run in a Raid 0 config
Pioneer DVD burner
Standard 3.5" floppy drive
This is the 5th computer i've built so I have a good idea of what i'm doing. This is a work computer and I had to find a new video card quick when ordering (the x300 wasn't in stock) so I ended up getting a better video card (the x550). Little did I know at the bottom of the info for the video card they suggested at least a 420w PS. But it was too late for me to change the card cuz it had already shipped. So after I installed everything and went to boot, all I get is one long beep and a pause, and it repeats. It looks to be a video card error and i'm guessing this is because not enough juice. The video card itself has no place for power to be directly connected and the manufacturer info says nothing of it having to have a specific amount of power. Can anyone verify this problem? Also i've never seen this on a motherboard before but this specific mobo has a plug in right on the board for a hard drive/cd rom power plug, what exactly is this for? Power for the video card? (yes i've plugged a hdd/cdrom power plug into it.
Thanks!!