Oh no, I think my Radeon just went pop!

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viper_2090
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Oh no, I think my Radeon just went pop!

Post by viper_2090 »

Oh dear, I turned on my PC this morning, and got a 'PLEASE ATTATCH THE POWER SUPPLY TO YOUR RADEON ADAPTER' type message appear when I tried to boot up.

I then unhooked the power, and plugged it back into to the card and tried again

I thought this had worked, as it booted correctly, but in reality it had just reverted to using the poncy onboard thingy!

I've got to go to work very shortly (back around 5), so any suggestions as to what could be done would be welcome!

I will cry if I have to spend another £130 on a graphics card :cry:
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Post by Woo Elephant Yeah »

Hmmmm was it overclocked?

What kind of cooling is there in the machine?

Have you tried a different power cable? (This very often makes no difference but I have come across a faulty cable once)
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Post by Dr. kitteny berk »

if it's an older card with a floppy drive power connector, they can be uber-picky about working (or most likely, not) give it a wiggle
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Post by deject »

I'd also check out your power supply. I've had quite a few power supplies drop on me, and a PSU not putting out the right voltages can make your PC do weird thing. With a bad PSU, you can experience random reboots (in the best case) or even royally fuck up your hardware (worst case scenario).
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huzzah!

Post by viper_2090 »

problem solved

i managed this just afore I went to work, just by wiggling things about, there was actually no need for it to say it wasn't working stupid arse of a thing!
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Re: huzzah!

Post by deject »

viper_2090 wrote:problem solved

i managed this just afore I went to work, just by wiggling things about, there was actually no need for it to say it wasn't working stupid arse of a thing!
YAY! It works!
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Post by [JUST] Useless »

Ah the old heaty uppy cooly downy worky loosy syndrome.
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Post by TheJockGit »

[JUST] Useless wrote:Ah the old heaty uppy cooly downy worky loosy syndrome.
hee hee... can I use that when I do my tech support??
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