Computer acting strange, do I need a new PS

[wallsfd949]

I purchased a Gateway (cringe) 500x about a year ago. It came with a 160w power supply. Currently I have the following inside:
P4 2.533
512MB Ram (orig) 512MB Ram (added) =1GB
120 GB hard disk (orig)
120 GB hard disk (added)
GeForce4 MX440 128MB Video card (orig)
4x DVD +/- RW (added)
48x CD-RW (orig)
Floppy (added)
Firewire Card (added)
Usb Hub
KVM w/usb hub
5.1 Sound Card (added)

After adding the sound card and a USB hub I have noticed that my computer has slowed down. I have also noticed that the LCD screen will flicker / act strange sometimes. I don't have this problem when I am using the other computer connected to the KVM.

Is it possible that my powersupply is not handling all the extra stuff I added? Should I upgrade?

 

[imported_Phil]

Quite possibly. 160W really isn't great for that rig. Change the PSU out for another one you may have lying around, and see if the problem goes away.
Or, go get Motherboard Monitor from somewhere and have a look at your voltages.

 

[wallsfd949]

Originally posted by: DopeFiend....go get Motherboard Monitor....

The one I downloaded appeared to have the wonderful "pass this on" spy/ad ware. If I remember right, intel had one for their motherboards (which is in the gateway), I'll see if I can't find that.

 

[wallsfd949]

I got the Intel Active Monitor for my Motherboard and the only voltage that seems to be low is the one under the +12V section fluctuates between 11.5 and 11.75. Everything seems to be running cool - Processor at 106 F, everything else withing acceptable limits.

It could be a software/registry issue, I booted to Linux Redhat 9 and noticed that everything ran smooth and fast. May be time for a clean install of XP - however clean that can be... 🙂