Gainward 5950 problem

[joker4hire]

Hi all

System

ABIT IC7G
2x Corsair 512MB CAS 2.0 with LED's
Maxtor 160GB SATA 8MB buffer
Intel 3.2GHz Extreme Edition
SB Audigy 2.0
Gainward 5950
350watt powersupply'ed case

Problem

I can't seem to install the video card... when I do, it says there's a picture of the card in device manager with and "!" saying "code 12" "not enough resources to run the card (something like that)"

I tried to disable some things to free resources, but it still doesn't work... so I plug in an old 4400, and boom it works fine... do you guys have any advice?

 

[UsandThem]

I think it is because of your P4 3.2 Ghz EE CPU. You should get that thing out of there now. You can just send it to me

Seriously though, is the Gainward card new? Is there another system you can try it in?

Lastly, did you uninstall your video card drivers prior to installing the 5950? I know Nvidia uses the same drivers, but several people have reported problems when taking out an older or different Nvidia chipset and then trying to install another Nvidia card without uninstalling the drivers first.

 

[joker4hire]

Thanks for the reply,

I forgot to mention, that this is a fresh install of win xp.... so I didn't have any other drivers before hand...

I guess i'll try the card in another system... I'll let you know what happenes.

 

[joojoomary]

you might need a bigger power supply i dont think 350 would be enoguh to run all that lol

 

[UsandThem]

you might need a bigger power supply i dont think 350 would be enoguh to run all that lol

A good quality 300w would run all of that plus some easily. The key is quality a power supply.

 

[joker4hire]

Hmm... not to familiar with the good stuff... can you please name a few?

 

[UsandThem]

Hmm... not to familiar with the good stuff... can you please name a few?

Antec, Enermax, Zalman, Fortron, etc.