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Re: Crappy mobo/chipset of ontoereikende PSU?

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From: David.vt
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:58
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Ahaha medion, troep ---> bouw zelf je PC dan moet je nu geen nieuwe PSU van 
+- 550 watt steken....
Steun de kleine PC-boer -- Koop geen pre-made shit !!!.




"news.skynet.be" <nobody@nowhere.be> wrote in message 
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> Nope geen enkel probleem ik be alleen te lui om een deftig antwoord te 
> geven
>
>
> "Wim Cossement" <a@b.c> schreef in bericht 
> news:f8ve1p$t31$1@snic.vub.ac.be...
>> Hoi,
>>
>> Ik heb dit bericht ook op een Engelstalige NG gepost en aangezien ik iets 
>> te lui ben om alles te vertalen heb ik het in 't Engels gelaten maar dat 
>> zal voor de meesten geen probleem zijn peins ik... :-)
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> For a few years already I've got a Medion PC (Titanium MD 8000 XL) I'm 
>> quite happy with but recently I've ran in some problems with my new GPU.
>>
>> It's originally equipped with a GeForce 4 Ti 4200 with 128 MB card but 
>> since this is too weak for almost all games nowadays I've tried two types 
>> of better AGP cards but neither of them works the way it should and I 
>> never had problems with the old GPU... :-s
>>
>> I've tried a GeForce 6600/6800 GT/GS (I don't remember it exactly) and 
>> more recently a GeForce 7800 GS but whenever I run a game I get into 
>> trouble.
>>
>> Most of the time my PC just hangs and sometimes I just have some 
>> artifacts (like green/inverted textures and deformed 3D models, like 
>> vertices that lie outside the model so it looks like spikes are sticking 
>> out) or BSOD driver_irql_not_less_or_equal on the openhci.sys USB driver.
>>
>> So I'm thinking it's either the chipset/GPU combination, an 
>> insufficient/broken PSU (it's only a 250 Watt one and I've read some 
>> stuff about bad capacitors causing havoc too) or perhaps even heat 
>> problems since it's getting quite hot in there with 2 HD's, a DVD-RW and 
>> CD-RW drive but leaving the case open does not change anything.
>> Did I mention both cards have an extra power hookup since the AGP bus 
>> can't deliver the power they need?
>>
>> Also, some games never crash (Quake 4), some rarely crash (Call of duty 
>> 2), some almost never crash (Call of duty 2), some crash after more or 
>> less half an hour (F.E.A.R.) and some crash after a few minutes (FlatOut 
>> 2) so this ain't looking good.
>>
>> Are there some things I can try in order to resolve this problem or am I 
>> doomed here?
>>
>> Merci,
>>
>> Wimmmy
>> -- 
>> From time to time you have to act crazy in order not to become it...
>
> 
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Subject: Re: Crappy mobo/chipset of ontoereikende PSU?
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 13:58:12 +0200
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