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Power supply issue? New Radeon5850's fan runs at full speed and PC doesn't boot

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Mar 15, 202622222 views
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I recently bought a new ASUS EAH5850 graphics board. I installed it a custom PC which had an ASUS p5n-e SLI mobo along with a 500w Thermaltake W0093RU power supply. Sometimes when doing a cold boot the 5850's fan will run at full speed and the PC will not boot. Powering off by holding down the powe…

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It could easily be power related. I can't find any specs for your ASUS card, but the AnandTech's review shows that the Radeon HD 5850 card is rated at about 151W which could be up to 12.58A off of the 12V power rail. Keeping in mind that high power …

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