Is it safe to assume I have a power supply problem

[brantmacga]

I returned that nvidia PCI card and got the 512mb AGP card.

After installing, my computer kept shutting off.

I unplugged everything except the board and the video card. I couldn't test w/ FS9 because running the DVD-ROM shuts down the computer, but i ran the FSX demo again and my frame rate was excellent, so I think i've got that problem solved.

But anyhow, I'm guessing I have to buy a new power supply now? The video card has to be directly connected to the power supply. The box said a minimum of 270w; I have a 300w and two HDD's, DVD/RW and CD/RW drives.

[Mazza]

Wouldn't hurt to have abit more power

[Fozzer]

...after having a number of Power Supplies exploding on me over short periods of time, I finally settled for a good quality 750 Watt PSU (