Graphics Card troubles- help please!!

mereshell · 01-23-2007, 04:18 AM

ok, im no good with explaining things like this but ill give it a go. *deep breath*

I replaced an old graphics card with a (reading from the box) Leadtek WinFast A6600 GT TDH
Now, a message comes up every time I start my computer saying:
"To protect your hardware from potential damage or causing a potential system lockup, the graphics processor has lowered its performance to a level that allows continued safe operations."

any ideas on how to fix this problem?

Phrost · 01-23-2007, 04:32 AM

sounds like a fan problem, does the card come with an external power connector? ie on the card is there a 4pin molex connector (same as you connect a HD/dvd-drive to the powersupply....)

Fosh · 01-23-2007, 06:56 AM

i have the same problem with my Geforce 6800GT.
and i also have the 4 pin power connector to it. i think its a power supply issue.

Bazhij · 01-23-2007, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fosh

i have the same problem with my Geforce 6800GT.
and i also have the 4 pin power connector to it. i think its a power supply issue.

This should be the answer to the problem. A vidcard is like a small pc anymore - they have a microprocessor, ram, operating system, chipset, cache ram, and an i/o bus, etc. They're pretty much as powerful as the average pc was about 5 years ago. Cutting-edge video cards today are specifying power supplies providing more than 480W of -clean- power and *two* auxiliary power connectors!

It's expected that low power-consumption architecture for video cards will become more widely available around Q3-Q4 of this year.

mereshell · 01-23-2007, 05:09 PM

ohh, thanks it turns out I needed to connect the power supply thingy to it....which I must have neglected to do, thanks everyone!

Now I can actually play Oblivion haha !!

Altair · 01-23-2007, 05:31 PM

hehe its cool we all learn sometime

01-23-2007, 04:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
mereshell Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 19	Graphics Card troubles- help please!! ok, im no good with explaining things like this but ill give it a go. deep breath I replaced an old graphics card with a (reading from the box) Leadtek WinFast A6600 GT TDH Now, a message comes up every time I start my computer saying: "To protect your hardware from potential damage or causing a potential system lockup, the graphics processor has lowered its performance to a level that allows continued safe operations." any ideas on how to fix this problem? Last edited by mereshell; 01-23-2007 at 04:21 AM.

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Phrost Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Malmö, Sweden Posts: 321	sounds like a fan problem, does the card come with an external power connector? ie on the card is there a 4pin molex connector (same as you connect a HD/dvd-drive to the powersupply....) __________________ A furore Legio, libera nos, Domine.

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01-23-2007, 05:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
mereshell Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 19	ohh, thanks it turns out I needed to connect the power supply thingy to it....which I must have neglected to do, thanks everyone! Now I can actually play Oblivion haha !!