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graphics card and psu help
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:00 am
by gaaraoftehsand
Hello. i have recently bought an EVGA Nvidia GTX 550 ti and installed it on my desktop pc. now i know in the info it said minimum 400w psu, but i saw that my 250w psu had the correct cables and i thought it was maybe a misprint or something? anyways when i tried to start playing games they crash with a looping noise and random colored sqaures all over the image. Do you think i have a messed up gpu or will a 500w psu fix the problem? If you think it is broken can i get a refund? thanks in advance.
Re: graphics card and psu help
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:07 am
by Disturbed0ne
The card isn't getting enough power from your 250w power supply. You need to upgrade to at least the specs required to run the card.
Re: graphics card and psu help
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 7:37 am
by gaaraoftehsand
sorry for late response. i bought a 500w psu and it had the wires needed but when i start up i get weird colors and a 640x400 resolution. i have reinstalled the drivers, reinstalled windows, and even tried guru3d driver sweeper but nothing worked. it seemed to mak the problem worse. any suggestions?
Re: graphics card and psu help
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:13 pm
by monsterbasher
gaaraoftehsand wrote:sorry for late response. i bought a 500w psu and it had the wires needed but when i start up i get weird colors and a 640x400 resolution. i have reinstalled the drivers, reinstalled windows, and even tried guru3d driver sweeper but nothing worked. it seemed to mak the problem worse. any suggestions?
Possibly a faulty graphics card, does it still occur without the gpu?