- Apr 29, 2001
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I built a comp for my sis-in-law this weekend using a Gigabyte 8I848P-L mobo with a P4 2.8 (533 FSB), 512 Generic ram, Geforce 4mx 440 vid, And stuffed it into an Enlight Mid tower with Enlight 300w PSU. First POST went great, fired up as i would expect. After that first great post, It would fire up with the "power problem" beep code and not post again. I did however get it to start one more time by clearing CMOS and promptly installing WindowsXP home. Had no problems with all the re-starts Windows goes through as those are warm-boots. After shutting it down, It never re-started. Just beeped at me repeatedly(fast beeps). So figuring it was the PSU, I tried it in my case with a Fortron 350w and it works like a charm. Problem solved, Not quite. My sis-in-law is about as tight with money as they come(hence the 533 bus P4 and not the 800 to save a few bucks) and don't think that she would part with another $50 for a good PSU. Surprisingly, The Enlight 300w works great with my ASUS A7V8X and 2400+ combo. I was thinking of giving her that and keeping the P4 for myself and maybe giving her some money back so she doesn't feel like she is getting taken and could put it towards a monitor. Would this be an upgrade for me or a waste of time? Any thoughts would appreciated. Of course I would prefer the 800 bus P4, But this is what I have to work with.