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Pricey
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i have just bought a geforce mx420 pci from e-bay. it requires a 350 watt psu and when i put it in the screen goes black and nothing happens. the bios is set to pci. i think it may be my psu but i can't tell. i got the case in 2000


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it should be clearly labeled with the power specs


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well it ain't


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Emperor Baal
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Posted: 6th Apr 2004 22:49
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Open the case and look for ANY label or NAME on the PSU. If there are no labels or names than you can always use a digital (ampere) meter.

But really, I ran an geforce3 ti 200 (much better than your MX) on a 230Watt psu, with no single problem.

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It is written right on the side of the psu as teh emporor said.


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Quote: "But really, I ran an geforce3 ti 200 (much better than your MX) on a 230Watt psu, with no single problem."


mine is a geforce 4


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gf4 mx = gf 2 ti ...

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i used to love my gf4 ti 4600...until it fried


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must suck CR

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no.
went and got gffx 5200 ultra 128 8x agp...


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my motherboard has no agp slot so i'm kinda restricted as to what i can buy...


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Simple answer to that...



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Omg,
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Those cards are disaster (they are *peep*ing slow)


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A new motherboard would be the answer, but wait until pci express is the new standard

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i just got the motherboard. it is socket a and is home to my 1.8ghz duron


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