huge problems, suspect the power supply

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Hi

guys Im having one problem after another with my pc and it all started after I upgraded to xp2400, now Im wondering about something, could it be my power supply not handling the xp2400 ? used to have xp2000 before

its a 400w but its basic (low cost) and I really dont know if it has what it takes, whats a good PS for the xp2400 ?


please help



Thanks
Dan

[Telexen]

What kind of problems? did you reinstall Windows after upgrading?

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Originally posted by Telexen
What kind of problems? did you reinstall Windows after upgrading?

couple times

a bunch, the pc will hang at times, the burner wont burn, not even at 4x (its a new burner, meaning I never actually used it on my old pc, but its a brand new plextor) have some other instabillity problems as well (you know heavy air)


it seems all power supplies ourdays are "amd approved" (or so they say, thats another thing, do they all BS ?) and in the same time some say "up to 1700, up to 2000, etc" now this is killing me since I never saw one that would say up to 2400 or more and Im sure mine doest qualify since it was a budget buy (never even considered spending hundreds on a case, I think thats a little out)

how do you guys pick your power supplies ?


Thanks
Dan

[wju425]

May not be the power supply but this question comes up. What core was your 2000? (palo or t-bred). Your 2400 is t-bred-b. We need to know what your mobo is.

\o/ Billy

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Originally posted by wju425
May not be the power supply but this question comes up. What core was your 2000? (palo or t-bred). Your 2400 is t-bred-b. We need to know what your mobo is.

\o/ Billy

Hi

I believe the 2000 was P-core
the board is a gigabyte 7vac



Thanks
Dan

[wju425]

Ok. Your board supports it. I doubt it's the power supply as it's rated enough. Maybe you'd want to slow your mem timings down or take it off auto and set it to 2.5. Worth a shot.

\o/ Billy

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Originally posted by wju425
Ok. Your board supports it. I doubt it's the power supply as it's rated enough. Maybe you'd want to slow your mem timings down or take it off auto and set it to 2.5. Worth a shot.

\o/ Billy

Hi

dont have an option for the ram timing

well one thing I really dont understand is the burner, what would make a burner not burn ? this is as strange as it gets



Thanks
Dan

[Omardeth]

look on the side of your power supply and post what the ratings are for 3.3v 5v and 12v .

also what are the full specs on your pc including all the fans and lights if you have any

[MDS]

Also since you just installed the burner have you checked to see if you have all your pri. and sec jumpers correct. Also are you running the burner on a seperate ide chanel?

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Originally posted by Omardeth
look on the side of your power supply and post what the ratings are for 3.3v 5v and 12v .

also what are the full specs on your pc including all the fans and lights if you have any

28a / 30a / 11a


specs are:

gigabyte 7vac kt333 board
amd 2400
512mb pc2100 ram (2 sticks)

one hdd, one burner, one dvd (even removed the dvd to see if it helps, but it didnt)

one v=card integrated sound and one lan card

the load isnt that big, I have no extra fans and no lights
I use the air conditioning method meaning I have an a/c in the room and Ive been keeping my cases open since the day of my first tower



Thanks
Dan