GeForce4 Ti on K7T-266 Pro ??

I've just installed my new MSI GeForce4Ti4200 128mB on my "old" K7T-266 Pro board, and i get the infinite loop hangup.
(Prior to installing I did a diskformat and reinstalled XP), I'm using the same Via and NVidia drivers as I used when my GF2 pro card was on the board, which worked flawless.
From reading tons of posts on different forums today, I've learned that the GF4 uses a lot more power than a GF2 card, so the reason for the loop may be insufficient power-supply.
At the moment my ps is a 340W Chieftec.
Before spending cash on a new 450 - 500W power supply, - has anybody got a GF4 card to work on this board (with or without a massive power supply) ?
And if you got it working without a new ps, - How did you do it ??
thanks :(

Hi,
I have
- MSI K7T266 Pro2-RU
- MSI nVidia GeForce 4 Ti 4400-VTD (AGP4X)
- Chieftec HPC-300-202 (300W total, 5V/25A, 3.3V/20A)
- a lot of other stuff (see my earlier thread)
and it worked fine in WinXP for almost a year until just recently when I now get blue screens. I've started a new thread here some day ago about my problem and it seems to be either memory or motherboard error. My thread: K7T266 Pro2-RU unstable and memory errors
In your case I don't think it's the PSU, but I might be wrong.
/wallis

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