Hi,
I recieved my 9800Se AIW from evesham today. I fitted it, forgot the PSU connector, powered it up and got a constant beep and message saying you forgotten to connect your 9800 power connector. So I powered it down and connected the connector. But now the system wont boot. When i press the power button it just goes on and off stright away, just enough time for the power LED to flash.
I thought what you are probably thinking, overloaded the PSU, need a new one. I do have 10 fans in the case as well as 2 Hdd and a combo drive.
I know i only have a ebuyer 400W PSU, but it has been fine in the past But then I tried disconnecting everything else in the computer, including the 4 pin mobo connector, and still same thing. I even tried connecting the floppy PSU connector from another comp with a 300w PSU and powering them up togethor, but still same thing happened.
After I try and power it and it does its thing, I then usualy have to atleast switch PSU off at the back, and back on, to get it to power on and off again, or replug the PSU.
Any ideas guys ? willing to try anything, I really dont want to have to buy a new PSU, expecially if that isn't the problem .... and no I dont have any higher rated or other branded 400W PSU


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Maybe try BIOS settings at safer values, at least to see if it helps complete POST. Forcing AGP4x, disablingshadows & spectrum (always good anyway), ensuring IRQ is assigned, setting Aperture to 64MB, boot AGP first, resetting PnP etc. Rem to record any changes so you can revert back when necessary. If your PC happily boots up with the other gfx card in then you know you can discount things like RAM developing a fault or a card coming loose in your PC. That would mean it is something to do with your card whether it's power related, an incompatibility or something else.