scott wrote:

> Didn't you mention that the PSU you were using was a bit on the low side 
> for your hardware?  Maybe the CPU and GPU combination all firing up to 
> max at boot is enough to reset the PSU?

It is, but within range for the requirements, just not a lot of 
headroom. Using the same graphics chipset with the older processor 
worked fine.

Watching the voltages in Speedfan when the system was running show no 
fluctuation, even when running processor and GPU heavy software. The 
system appeared stable otherwise.

I did at one point have everything unplugged from power except the GPU 
and fans, and motherboard; no drives or external devices.

I wouldn't think the GPU would cause high demand without being 
instructed to run 3D.

Maybe I'll walk the board down to the local shop and have them test it out.

I did some reading on the issue I'm seeing, and it seems as if it's 
likely a bad board, many people who have this board have encountered the 
same problem.

> If you haven't already boxed it up, maybe you could try with an older 3D 
> card that isn't as power hungry...

My older 3D card is AGP, this board uses PCIe... ;)



-- 
~Mike

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