Greetings everyone,
I recently purchased a Jaton Nvidia Geforce 3dforce 6600-256 video card to replace the Geforce MX 4400-64 that was previously installed. Now my PC is consistently freezing up, requiring a re-boot. I cannot alt-tab or ctrl-alt-del.
Initially I installed the card without connecting the supplemental power. I was prompted that I hadn't done so and that the card would set itself to allow for this. I left it configured like this for a few days and had no problems.
When I finally connected the supplemental power, from the PSU bundle with 4 pin connector, the freeze ups started occuring. The cursor won't move and no keyboard commands work. Occasionally, two or three times out of maybe 20, the computer will re-boot itself.
This happens mostly on the internet, once in windows, and never while I'm playing a game. (I've only played 3-4 games with the supplemental power connected, however)
I've done the power supply calculator and it said I only needed 250-285W of power.
I'm hoping my processor isn't too weak to run it like that. I've only now come to realize that the Sempron is AMD's "budget" processor and not in-line with the P4s or Athlons. I'll list my system specs below and anxiously await what I'm sure will be some great advice. Let me know if you need more info.
AMD Sempron 2400+ 1.67GHz(video card said I required a Pentium 4 or comparable, but I couldn't find a cross reference anywhere I looked)
SOYO SY-KT6000 Dragon plus 2.0 MoBo
(2) Kingston 512MB DDR 400 PC3200 chips 1MB total(KVR400X64C3A/512)
Nvidia Geforce 3dforce 6600-256(AGP 8X)
Maxtor 80 GB 7200 RPM HD
Generic CDRW
Rexpower PX-400 PSU
1 80mm cooling fan
Windows XP
