I have just built the following and have been suffering random reboot
and screen going blank problems. I changed the card to an ATI 9250 and
so far all seem to be ok. I did not have these problems with my old
system based on ABIT NF7 board.

Any suggestions on the 9800 will be appreciated. I need the AIW
capabilities so what is the best X series option please considering I
need AGP? The Board only takes 1.5v graphics card

Asus A8V with 2 x 512mb Kingston memory
2 Hard drives - IDE
2 DVDs
1 front panel memory and USB
AMD 3700+ - not overclocked

"Wizzard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have just built the following and have been suffering random reboot
> and screen going blank problems. I changed the card to an ATI 9250 and
> so far all seem to be ok. I did not have these problems with my old
> system based on ABIT NF7 board.
>
> Any suggestions on the 9800 will be appreciated. I need the AIW
> capabilities so what is the best X series option please considering I
> need AGP? The Board only takes 1.5v graphics card
>
> Asus A8V with 2 x 512mb Kingston memory
> 2 Hard drives - IDE
> 2 DVDs
> 1 front panel memory and USB
> AMD 3700+ - not overclocked

Quality 350watt power supply or greater. Make sure each rail has sufficient
power.

On Wed, 24 May 2006 14:53:19 GMT, "T Shadow"
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>Quality 350watt power supply or greater. Make sure each rail has sufficient
>power.

Am using Qtec 650W. The readings are from :

Speedfan shows:

Temp2 : 34C
Vcore : 1.26V
+12V : 11.55V
3.3V : 3.36V
Vcc : 5.09V
Vin2 : 0.00V
5Vsb : 5.15V
Vbat : 0.00V

I cannot understand the readings but any help will be appreciated

"Wizzard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 24 May 2006 14:53:19 GMT, "T Shadow"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
> >Quality 350watt power supply or greater. Make sure each rail has
sufficient
> >power.
>
> Am using Qtec 650W. The readings are from :
>
> Speedfan shows:
>
> Temp2 : 34C
> Vcore : 1.26V
> +12V : 11.55V
> 3.3V : 3.36V
> Vcc : 5.09V
> Vin2 : 0.00V
> 5Vsb : 5.15V
> Vbat : 0.00V
>
> I cannot understand the readings but any help will be appreciated

The > +12V : 11.55V would worry me. Especially with your equipment and
problems. Especially if that's with the 9250. You might try disconnecting
unneeded drives for testing.
Power supplies is a regular topic in the pc.homebuilt newsgroup. A lot of
supplies don't put out their rated wattage. Even one that does may not put
out enough power on the rail(s) you need it on.