this n00b again

well i added the HD4850 to my PC and realized now it doesn't shut itself down anymore.

it shuts down and but stays at a black screen with the computer power on.

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Sm3gH3ad

It could be because of that power supply. You might need to get one with more watts.

this n00b again

that's probably right. (time to start lookin)

but any other takers?
because i had this issue before, even with a lower end card (much lower end)

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rx7racer

Well I wouldn't put it on the psu necessarily, if anything that psu would cause unexpected shutdowns.

I would first look at the bios powerscheme and make sure all is set right in there. If everything in there was ok then I would look at windows power scheme.

Other then that, what did you do last time as you said it has done it before?

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this n00b again

reformatted, but im not willing to do that this time. lol =D

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ZealotKi11er

Yeah best thing to do when you get a new GPU is reformat.

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this n00b again

that would also be time costly

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thlnk3r

This n00b again, wattage wise you have enough matter of fact you have plenty. It's the 12volt rail that is probably suffering. Your PSU has a single 12volt rail rated at 20amps which is probably the cause. What are you doing on your machine when when it locks/freezes?

Good luck

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this n00b again

i actually have 33A on the single 12V rail.

my machine isn't locking up and freezing.

the system works perfectly fine. it just doesn't shut down completely.

there are no issues with the machine. it will restart when i hit restart. but when i hit shutdown. it goes through the shutdown procedure, and gets to the part where a normal computer will turn off after the complete shutdown, but mine will just stay at the black screen. the video card has been shut down, i know this because the monitor will receive no signal.

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Cato

Did you run driver cleaner pro or something similiar to get rid of whatever your old video drivers were?

Did you at least remove the old driver and reboot then install new ones if not?

Just wondering, what's it do when you hit restart instead of shutdown, does it hang at a black screen or does it work fine?

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