PSU , 300W enough?

[teposen1]

Hmm .. I recently have beginning to think that my 300W PSU is not enough for my computer.. Cause it reboots itself overnight when i have 174Fsb x 11.5 and with the latency of the memory at 2.5..

I now changed to 3.0 again and it hasnt rebooted in 4-5 hours..

Could it be the PSU (good brand), or is it the memory settings'??

Cause i cant clock my Radeon 9600 more than like 422.24mhz core.. then it freezes in 3dMark 01..

[twiztidtruckie]

My opinion is that your pushing that memory too far. If you could give more detail as to brands/and model numbers i could be of more assistance to you.

TRUCKIE

[teposen1]

Okey, I got 2 x Elixir 256mb 400mhz PC3200 Rams.. On slot 2 and 3..So dual-channel (or what its called) is enabled..

Going to check the bios settings now.

System Performance: Expert
FSB frequency: 173mhz
CPU interface: Optimal
Memory frequesny: Auto (173mhz)
Memory timings: Expert
T(Ras): 8
T(RCD): 3
T(RP): 3
CAS latency: 3.0
FSB spread spectrum : Disabled
AGP spread spectrum: Disabled
Agp aperture Siza: 64MB


CPU ratio: Default (11.5)
Cpu Vcore: 1.775V
AGP voltage: 1.5V
Dimm Voltage: 2.5V
VDD Voltage 1.6V

[dafanman]

teposen1
What all is that power supply pushing power to?

[teposen1]

huu?

[duramax]

Just from my own experience, I had a 250watt PS running a 1ghz. and a 400 watt PS in my Athlon XP 2600. When I add even a cdrom my old system reboots constantly. I have my XP oc'd to 3ghz and have two optic and 2 hd.

I would strongly recommend at least a 400 watt PS. Or stop tweaking your system. Rule of thumb... if your system is not stable with your tweaks, don't tweak it.

-Best of Luck
--DuraMax

[teposen1]

oke...
But i have now kiinda figured out what the prob is.. Cause i lowere the multiplyer to 6, then i changed the fsb kinda slow upp.. And then to 200.. then the computer wouldnt boot.. so i cleared the cmos.. but it would not start then either .. Is it cause i had the power cable in the computer when i cleared the cmos, that it didnt clear?? cause i had to remove one memory stick, remove the power cable, lower the fsb, THEN add the other stick..

Why is it that i cant run the memory at 200mhz with 2 sticks??
*confused*

[dafanman]

teposen1
How many hd'd, optical drives, how much ram, video card, on board power consuming devices, lights, fans, ect...........

[teposen1]

1hdd, 1 cdwriter, 2x256 ram,radeon 9600 g-kard.. so not really much..

[dafanman]

teposen1
Ok, long as you got that stable and running.
If you ever decide to upgrade here is a link to some recent power supply information I put together.

Look for the purple lettering under the power supply heading

http://mysite.freeserve.com/hoodspag...links_page.htm