For the sake of closure.
After trying all of the above, I swapped out the brand spanking new 500w(or so it says) PSU with an ANTEC 350w that I've had for 3-4 years from my even older pc. Everything so far has been working fine with it, games and all. The x1650 says it needs at least a...
Don't know if it's kosher or not to cross refreance other tech sites, but for the sake of sharing, I found a pretty good thread tied to lots of ideas and this guys insane trip through a million things is pretty helpful, as his problem and specs are pretty similar. For him a large part of his...
PC doesn't have PCI-E, it's AGXx8. And the Graphics default is set to AGP.
Old Card works fine when I put it back in, so far the only other things I know of trying
-Again remove all drivers and ATI software. Try a re-install.
-DL a mobo heat monitor
-Update Sound card drivers, (what...
I had a small typo up there "PCU", I think you thought I changed my CPU, I did not, I meant PSU and GPU. Would there be any need to reset the CMOS for changing a graphics card?
I've seen various threads about this but haven't been able to nail anything down. My PC is aging a bit and after much research I figured I could upgrade and get by at least another year with just upgrading my PSU and GPU, allowing me to play newer games such as Unreal3 and Savage2. My current...