Computer Help Thread

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 03 Jan 2007, 06:10

You mean absolute zero? Not even close. Absolute zero is the total lack of heat and movement of any particles, everything's dead frozen. The closest absolute zero has ever been achieved in a lab is within a single celcius degree, IIRC.

Anyway, the temperature at which nitrogen becomes a liquid is -210 through -195 C (-346 through -320 F). Absolute zero is 273.15 C (-459.67 F).

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 03 Jan 2007, 06:55

ok i got a weird question here. iwas reading some stuff and a guy did this and i want to know if this would work. say i take my stock 250 W PSU and leave it in the case. then take my 500 W PSU that should be arriving this week and use it to only power my GFX card and nothing else. so the 250 W PSU would be powering the cpu, drives, etc. , and the 500 W would be only powering the gfx card. would that work ? i know i would have to plug it in to two outlets but thats not a problem. reading what that guy did got me really interested.

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 03 Jan 2007, 06:59

Why waste the 500W on the gfx card alone? I would suggest you do it the other way around. There's no way your gfx card is going to use all 250W.

I don't see why you wouldn't be able to do it. Just fitting them into the case might be a problem. And there's always the problem of shutting down.

I don't know how the PSU gets the message to shutdown. I know mine shuts off (or at least the fan does) when the computer is shut down but there is still power running in the system. I guess the only way you'll find out is if you try.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 03 Jan 2007, 07:02

it says on the gfx card box that its minimum recommended wattage is 300. it just seems interesting to me. i might give it a try

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 03 Jan 2007, 07:05

The minimum wattage usually takes into account the rest of the system. If it says 300W, you'll be fine plugging in a 250W. A 500W is just a waste.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 03 Jan 2007, 07:20

okay i'll try it first with the 250 W and if that doesnt work then i might just go with the 500 W powering everything.
BTW -- this was my first time buying off newegg and i was wondering about how long does it take for your guys' packages to arrive ? i ordered on the 31st so maybe the 4th or 5th ?

NFSBLUECIVIC · Post by **NFSBLUECIVIC** » 03 Jan 2007, 08:02

ya it will prob come by then, btw why do you even need 2 psu's? a 500 watt should power everything you got there just fine? Unless you have like a way nice gfx card and a lot of drives. what card is it?

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 03 Jan 2007, 08:19

I usually get my stuff from NewEgg within 36 hours of the order. Dead serious.

And having a whole power supply for the graphics card might help, but I doubt it, and it'd probably be too much of a bother. And, as Prince already mentioned, there's the problem of shutting down.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 03 Jan 2007, 17:38

@ nfsbluecivic it is a pny verto 7600 GS agp. i also thought about having the 250 W psu just power the mobo and have the 500 W power everything else so both psu's would be very understressed

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 03 Jan 2007, 17:57

Why are you so worried about your PSU anyways? They're usually built to handle large loads. And with a 500W PSU, you should be able to run your computer without overloading it. How many external devices do you have that you need that much power?

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 03 Jan 2007, 23:53

I have alot of power comming out of my 350 Watt. I acually think I am getting more than 350 watts out of it. I don't know what I'm gonna do when my new hard drive gets here because I don't think it can power it.

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 04 Jan 2007, 00:01

Carcrazy wrote: I acually think I am getting more than 350 watts out o fit.

That would definitely be a first, usually the wattage on the box is it's maximum peak output and it's actual continuous power is lower.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 04 Jan 2007, 00:17

Well it was just a thought...

Abrams · Post by **Abrams** » 04 Jan 2007, 00:18

just open PC up and yr power supply should have power written on it.

p.s. 350W is kinda low, i suggest minimum of 450W nowdays.

NFSBLUECIVIC · Post by **NFSBLUECIVIC** » 04 Jan 2007, 07:09

meh, 450 is nice but if your just scraping by a 400 will do it, but i agree with you, a 450 would be the better choice. Or even better get the Ultra X-Finity 600 watt like myne! MMMMMM Shiny Titanium......

viper16 · Post by **viper16** » 05 Jan 2007, 01:42

how do i change my screen res so i have better grafics and can see neons and stuff on my cars

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 05 Jan 2007, 12:11

Resolution is set in game options.. And unless your graphics card is powerful enough, neons and ''stuff'' aren't going to drop from the sky.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 06 Jan 2007, 22:05

ok this is starting to weewee me off. i finally got my new psu and everything seems to work fine except for one thing my brand new gfx card. it still does the same thing my old 250 W did whenever the comp tries to bring up the loading screen. i even took a video to show what is going on. i thought pny was a good brand, could my brand new card really be bad ?

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 07 Jan 2007, 01:21

Well, I can't make out the message in the video, it's too low quality. Can you post the message here?

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 07 Jan 2007, 03:02

the message is just asking if i want to start windows normally and i say yes and then it flashes the yellow screen and then the monitor shuts off

im pretty sure my system can handle it with a 2.0 ghz cpu, 1 gb ram, 500 W psu, and a agp version 2.0 slot. it can run a 6 series card so it should be able to run a mid range 7 series. one more thing the card is agp 8x and my agp slot supports 4x. that shouldnt be a problem since arent they backwards compatible ?

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 07 Jan 2007, 03:15

I don't have experience with AGP, but wouldn't that make a difference having an 8x in a 4x slot?

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 07 Jan 2007, 03:17

im pretty sure they are backwards compatible. arent they

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 07 Jan 2007, 03:20

darknight788 wrote:the message is just asking if i want to start windows normally and i say yes and then it flashes the yellow screen and then the monitor shuts off

Have you replaced your motherboard recently? This symptom is classic of a motherboard reinstall.

If even safe mode doesn't work, you will need to reinstall Windows.

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 07 Jan 2007, 06:50

darknight788 wrote:im pretty sure they are backwards compatible. arent they

Yeah, I just looked a little bit and they are backwards compatible, but you might want to see if your mother board actually supports 8x, because if it's a 4x slot the motherboard may only be able to handle that type of card. Some motherboards are like that.

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 07 Jan 2007, 08:10

i havent replaced my mobo at all. it is the same mobo i have had for 5 years. ran my 6800 which btw just blew up its fan today so im stuck with a computer that doesnt want a new gfx card and a brand new gfx card lol. @ prince your saying i should reinstall windows ? dont think that would do much since the 6800 worked fine today until the fan went to hell. @ weedman that may be a problem but the weird thing is i put it in our other comp a amd 3200 + 2.2 ghz and atleast that one realizes a card is there and it starts up and they both have AGP 2.0 slots