Recent content by jmarriott

just thought I'd give an update on my situation: I replaced the generic "400W" PSU that came with my case with the Forton 400 recommended in a recend guide. Fortron desc @ newegg after some initial problems (it still wouldn't boot until the internal speaker was connected???) it works...

I just posted this over on Motherboard forum. Mine seems to be a PS problem as well, but I'm not getting spin up of anything - no HDD spin, PS fan spin, nothing. But the darnMB light is on. Like some power is getting through but not enough to make stuff spin. ------------------------------...

I just built a mid-range gaming machine: ASUS P5GD1 P4 3.0 (530J) Corsair Valueselect 2x 512B WD 80GB SATA XFX 6600 PCIe 128MB Generic 400W PS with 20-pin (ASUS recommends 24-pin) It went together fine and ran OK for 2 days. Installed MoH Pacific Assault, played fine for a few hours...