> On 25/07/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I am having trouble with a 64 bit athlon 3000+ on a Gigabyte GA-K8N mobo >> with PCIexpress. It has a nvidia 6600 PCIe, 1GB of RAM, and SATA1 200 >> GB. >> >> It boots and runs fine with one PVR-150 installed. When I install the >> second PVR-150, it will boot if it is cold. When I try a reboot, it will >> not boot. Not even a POST. Later, I come back and it boots. When it does >> boot, both cards work fine, sound and everything, even IR. >> >> The heat-sink on the processor seems cool to the touch, and no smoke has >> come out yet. >> >> I have tried every combination of the three PCI slots for these two >> cards. >> I have increased the RAM DDR voltage by .2 volts, I have checked voltage >> at boot, starts at 12 and for a second goes to 11 and then back steady >> at >> 12. > > Are you seeing this voltage on a scope or on a multi-meter? Meters > probably don't respond fast enough to give an accurate value. The > voltage may go lower than the value you see.
Just a multi-meter >> >> The PSU is a Ahanix MPT-350D and has an AMD sticker on it. It says 15 >> amps >> on the 12 volt rail, 30 amps on the 5 volt rail, and 14 amps on 3.3v. >> > > The 64 Bit Athlons are reportedly greedy at 12V, I've seen 18A > recommended. Does your motherboard have the additional 12V PSU > connection, and are you using it? Yes, and yes. >> Like I said, it boots and runs perfectly with one capture card. >> >> I had two HDDs in it for a while and it did fine. Does a capture card >> draw >> that many amps? > > They get pretty warm so I guess they draw an Amp or two each. Sounds like a reccomendation for a new PSU. Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
