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Trap
11-15-03, 03:53 PM
Since i put my 9800n/p in my system i can't overclock anymore. I can boot in windows but immediately after i start some games i end up with BSOD. Sometimes with no particular message, sometimes with some ati file message...
Could it be my power supply not givin me enough power?
With my old ti4200 i am able to go up to 170 MHz FSB.
When i put the old card in, everythin is allrite.

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P4B533
P4 2.4b
1 Gig of samsung ddr 2700
Sapphire 9800 n/p
AOpen PSU 300W
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alien76
11-15-03, 03:58 PM
Does your board have AGP/Pci lock. If not, your AGP speed is probably runing out of specs and Radeon 9800 cant handle it.....
Trap
11-15-03, 04:03 PM
it has, i leave it at 66/33
batboy
11-15-03, 04:08 PM
Ah ha, you still have the remains of the old GeForce drivers on the system when you switched. I had a similar problem. You almost have to do a reformat and reinstall Windows again when you switch from GF to Radeon.
Trap
11-15-03, 04:14 PM
Unfortunately i did that batboy. Format and clean install of XP.
:(
batboy
11-15-03, 04:20 PM
If you put the old card back in, then it reinstalled the GeForce drivers again.
Trap
11-15-03, 04:21 PM
yeah but i forgot to mention that i formatted my HDD couple of times. Im fightin with this problem for few days now.
Sir Golitech
11-15-03, 04:28 PM
This maybe a stupid question, but could it be a bad card?
Trap
11-15-03, 04:32 PM
but i really dont see how could it be bad when the overclock of CPU has nothin to do with it, except that overclockin drains more power from the PSU. I think that is the reason why i am gettin this BSOD. I know that the best way to test it is to put another PSU more powerful PSU inside but im a it short of money now for such experiments. lol
batboy
11-15-03, 04:34 PM
You did plug the extra power cable into the vid card, right? Should be a floppy drive connector that plugs into the end of the vid card.
Trap
11-15-03, 04:36 PM
of course i did
Sir Golitech
11-15-03, 04:41 PM
Originally posted by Trap
but i really dont see how could it be bad when the overclock of CPU has nothin to do with it, except that overclockin drains more power from the PSU. I think that is the reason why i am gettin this BSOD. I know that the best way to test it is to put another PSU more powerful PSU inside but im a it short of money now for such experiments. lol

I'm just saying that maybe a chip or something on the card is burnt out and is sending the wrong kind of information to the CPU.Maybe you can try the card on a buddies rig and see what happens.
I'm no expert.I'm just trying to help narrow down the possibilities.
Lancelot
11-16-03, 02:38 AM
I think it's your PSU. 300W is getting too crappy for your setup. What is your 12V rail at? 1GB of DDR and that 9800pro are drawing a ton of amps, more than your PSU is able to suplly. I would at least get a 400W PSU and make it fast! If your current PSU goes it'll prolly take half your system with it in the process...
Ritalin
11-16-03, 03:15 AM
i say psu... not sure though
Trap
11-16-03, 05:01 AM
I'll buy Enermax 460W tomorrow
p!ktu]2e_1
11-16-03, 12:59 PM
It might not be the power supply...
Trap
11-16-03, 05:17 PM
There are 90% chances that it is.
Trap
11-18-03, 04:25 AM
O.K. i tried my friends PSU and i still get the BSOD.
I was thinkin about memory. I am runnin 2x512MB Samsung PC2700 on most agressive timings 2-2-2-5
At 166 FSB it should be its speed-333 MHz, but maybe these timings are too asgressive.
Hmm, i will tra different, slower timings when i come home.