sinse i installed my new x1950 pro my computer is going crazy

[punk119]

yesterday i replaced my radeon 9800 on a new sapphire x1950 pro(agp)
after i booted up oneof my hard drives begun to make tik noises all the time
i thought it may be its time to go (4 years old) and disconnectd him
after that the computer begun to work slow and put blue screens at my face
when i was copying files
i putthe radeon 9800 back for now but the computer still works very slow
i dident had ani blue screens yet
when the blue screen apeared it said some thing about ATAPI some thing like that

[Sparky]

What PSU do you have? The X1950 is gonna pull more juice than the 9800 so it could be causing power issues.

[Fraggle]

Seconded. I had no end of problems going from a 9800xt to an x1950pro until I got a shiny new 450W psu.

[adamsleath]

lol nice sig.

[Zytek_Fan]

PSU is prolly the problem.

[alexio]

You may have corrupted your HDD while instability occurred due to overstressing the PSU. That would be a good explanation why the computer still feels slow after putting back the old card.

[punk119]

i got a 475 watt HEC psu
how can i check if the psu is the problem?

[alexio]

i got a 475 watt HEC psu
how can i check if the psu is the problem?
It has just 15A continues on the +12v line which is very low for a 475W unit. This may causes your issues. You should at least get a PSU with 20a continues on the +12v line. A good brand 380W+ PSU should be fine

[Emerica]

It has just 15A continues on the +12v line which is very low for a 475W unit. This may causes your issues. You should at least get a PSU with 20a continues on the +12v line. A good brand 380W+ PSU should be fine

Yeah you definitely need a better PSU. A Xclio GoodPower 500W can be had for ~$50.

[StealthyFish]

ticking is usually a mechanical failure of some sort. I'm concluding what everyone else is too. PSU supplying insufficient power to the hard drive, potentially damaging it, causing your computer to slow down. X1900 series cards are big power consumers.

[punk119]

i got now 5 case fans 2 hard drives and 2 dvd drives
if i will disconnect some of them will the new 1950 work properly?

i made a hard drive benchmark on my system and it says my hard drives barley breathing
how can i fix it?

[StealthyFish]

i got now 5 case fans 2 hard drives and 2 dvd drives
if i will disconnect some of them will the new 1950 work properly?

i made a hard drive benchmark on my system and it says my hard drives barley breathing
how can i fix it?

the ticking sound has to be a mechanical failure. back it up and RMA if you can. If it was a sector problem, you could probably do a low level format and just zero the drive, but I'm guessing that's not the problem. Try unplugging the 5 case fans. Get a personal fan and blow it into your computer instead (actually, this is really efficient and provides great airflow). Get rid of 1 (or both) dvd drives. See if you can cut load to the power supply.

[punk119]

thank you all for the help
i unplaged one dvd and turned off all the fans exapt one
put in the new video card and its works like its should
by the way i mannaged to back it up before i removed it
its 4 years old so i glad it lasted that long

[StealthyFish]

thank you all for the help
i unplaged one dvd and turned off all the fans exapt one
put in the new video card and its works like its should
by the way i mannaged to back it up before i removed it
its 4 years old so i glad it lasted that long

yeah. my mom's drive lasted for about 7 years. Western digital has some pretty good life times too :) . made this loud ticking noise right before it died :( poor guy. I've got him in a box with a bunch of old hard drives now. Got it back when 100Gb was awesome and the P4 1.8ghz was second fastest on the market, lol.