Solve : Is my graphics card/motherboard/PSU dying??

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Answer» Quote from: Meloy on October 26, 2009, 12:13:24 PM ...Is replacing the PSU a simple case of taking the old one out and PUTTING the new one in and plugging it into the various components?... That's all.Great, thanks =)http://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+power+supply+replace&rls=com.microsoft:en-ca:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGLL_enThanks for the link I have a question about the installation though; the old one had a 4-pin connector for the EATX12V plug on the motherboard, and the motherboard had an 8-pin slot but with a cap over 4 of them. So I left the cap on and used the 4-pin connection. The new PSU apparently has a 4+4 connector, so should I take the cap off and use the 8-pin connection, or just stick to 4? Thanks for all the help so far.Use the 8-pin connection. If you were only using 4 of the 8 before, it's now clear why you were having PROBLEMS. Old psu is probably good, just not the right one for your mobo. Here's the adapter for the old psu. Thanks =)This Asus FORUM thread explains more. http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?board_id=1&model=P5K-E/WiFi-AP&id=20080408090213296&page=1&SLanguage=en-usInstalled new PSU, problem persists =( Is the likelihood that it damaged my graphics card, and therefore I'll need to replace that too?SMALL update: I double checked for a memory problem by removing the RAM modules and testing them one by one. It didn't work with any. The problem intensified (before I put the new PSU in); now it's reached the point where after I reinstall the drivers and restart, the graphics card still isn't working properly and I get the message in Device Manager somewhere along the lines of "The device reported a problem and has been disabled". Previously the graphics card had reported to be working fine in Device Manager but I had the display problems and occasional crashes/BSOD's.If the Card is still under warranty i'd send it in for a replacement...My new card came today and the problem is fixed. Thank you so so much to everyone who helped =)Excellent News ! ! Stop by anytime and Welcome Aboard !Thanks patio =) One thing I have noticed since it started working again, is the CPU gets very hot when I'm playing WoW (up to like 70c), is this normal? I have no idea how long it's been doing this since I only downloaded SensorsView/SpeedFan last week when all the problems kicked in (and I couldn't play WoW during that time anyway due to the nature of the problem).What CPU ? ? They all have different temp. ranges...Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz

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Quote from: Meloy on October 26, 2009, 12:13:24 PM

...Is replacing the PSU a simple case of taking the old one out and PUTTING the new one in and plugging it into the various components?...

That's all.Great, thanks =)http://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+power+supply+replace&rls=com.microsoft:en-ca:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGLL_enThanks for the link I have a question about the installation though; the old one had a 4-pin connector for the EATX12V plug on the motherboard, and the motherboard had an 8-pin slot but with a cap over 4 of them. So I left the cap on and used the 4-pin connection. The new PSU apparently has a 4+4 connector, so should I take the cap off and use the 8-pin connection, or just stick to 4?

Thanks for all the help so far.Use the 8-pin connection. If you were only using 4 of the 8 before, it's now clear why you were having PROBLEMS. Old psu is probably good, just not the right one for your mobo.

Here's the adapter for the old psu.
Thanks =)This Asus FORUM thread explains more.
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?board_id=1&model=P5K-E/WiFi-AP&id=20080408090213296&page=1&SLanguage=en-usInstalled new PSU, problem persists =( Is the likelihood that it damaged my graphics card, and therefore I'll need to replace that too?SMALL update: I double checked for a memory problem by removing the RAM modules and testing them one by one. It didn't work with any.

The problem intensified (before I put the new PSU in); now it's reached the point where after I reinstall the drivers and restart, the graphics card still isn't working properly and I get the message in Device Manager somewhere along the lines of "The device reported a problem and has been disabled". Previously the graphics card had reported to be working fine in Device Manager but I had the display problems and occasional crashes/BSOD's.If the Card is still under warranty i'd send it in for a replacement...My new card came today and the problem is fixed. Thank you so so much to everyone who helped =)Excellent News ! !

Stop by anytime and Welcome Aboard !Thanks patio =)

One thing I have noticed since it started working again, is the CPU gets very hot when I'm playing WoW (up to like 70c), is this normal? I have no idea how long it's been doing this since I only downloaded SensorsView/SpeedFan last week when all the problems kicked in (and I couldn't play WoW during that time anyway due to the nature of the problem).What CPU ? ?
They all have different temp. ranges...Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz

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