Does this make sence to anyone??

[StickHead]

Ok here is the deal.

I have my Duron 700 oc to 950. Runs great, played Dues Ex, Half Life, ran 3DMarks 2000 for over 8 hours. Ran flawless. So i plug my joystick into my gameport to play Motocross Madness2 and as soon as select my joystick(Logitec Wingman Extreme 3D)and click add, instant lockup. I reboot, it locks up before I get to the login. I got a new sound card, same deal, tried a different joystick, same deal. Could this be a power problem??? Any suggestions would be greatly appriciated as this is pretty annoying.

 

[Renob]

How many watts is your PSU??? It might be the problem.

 

[StickHead]

235 PowerMan. It's not on AMD's list, I think I should get a new one.

 

[Killer Ape]

235 sounds a little thin to me. I'd go with a 300 Watt-er. This is the second flaky Abit KT7 thread I've seen tonight regarding soundcard issues...

 

[Renob]

I dont think that PSU has the power you need go with a 350 at least

 

[tigger80]

renob means 250 not 350

 

[Renob]

No I mean 350 why mess around with anything less if you have to buy one. Just my 2cents

 

[Aboroth]

Why buy more than you will ever need? Why waste money?

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

just get a good brand-name 250watt. you be ok. but a brand-name 300watt would be preferable. you don't need more than 300watts unless u got a lot of HDs, multiple cpus and lots of expansion cards. the people here like overkill.

 

[Phuz]

Lets be logical, if you're overclocking, you should give it every bit of power it can take - without gong to far. 300w is perfect.

 

[disgrace]

Did you ever try running it at its normal clockspeed to see if the joystick worked?

 

[vvvvvv]

maybe you fryed the circuits

 

[StickHead]

Yeah runs ok up to 850, then it falls off a cliff. Sound works, but the seccond I plug in a joystick, kaboom! So you guys seem to think it's a power problem?

 

[Spindler]

did you try using a different joystick?

maybe the one you have is defunct.

 

[Dark4ng3l]

probably windoze or the controller port.

 

[StickHead]

Yeah I tried 2 different joysticks. It can't be the game port because I tried 2 differnt sound cards, however I have not played with the Windows gameport settings(if any).

 

[Killer Ape]

Mess with the gameport settings first just to reassure yourself that they're not the problem, then get a 300 watt K7 approved PS.

If you're buying a new PS, why not spend a few bucks more and get a 300 instead of a 250? Your PS is one of the longest lived components and your power demands in the future will more than likely go up, not down. 300 is more future-proof than 250, in my opinion.

 

[ArkAoss]

Little suggest, if clockin it back to normal doesnt allow the joy to work, try if you have a spare AT psu or somthing, load your fans onto it, and lower drives, give dual psu a try before you buy a new one