help me with blue screen and power supply question?

[BeLikeMiKe716]

Okay so family member requested me to fix his computer and tells me he gets this blue screen whenever the computer starts handling load:


Kernel_Data_inpage_error

*** stop:0x0000007A (0xc03DD388, 0xc000000E, 0XF74E2642, 0x51E41860)

*** ftdisk.sys _ address F74E2642 base at F75D8000, Datestamp 3b78419


I searched it and got a general problem description but was wondering if the specific problem can be identified. He has two monitors hooked up to it running a P4 and WindowsXP.

I attached two of my monitors and tried to simulate load and surprisingly the computer never had a problem. I dont know why he would experience blue screens all the time and i dont.

Also I looked inside the case and noticed that he is running with a 380W power supply. I think its too low right? And also instead of a 24pin power connection to the motherboard which it has, its powered only by a 20 pin cable from the power supply. Does that do anything also?

Please helpful input would be greatly appreciated.

 

[dfuze]

I don't know if you can damage a board by only using a 20 pin power supply to run a 24 pin board, but I doubt it can be good.

A 380 watt supply is not necessarily not enough power, it all depends on what he is trying to run with that and the quality of the 380 watts. What are the system specs?

 

[Dahak]

It does not necessarily need the 24 pin connector, but if you want to simulate load you could try prime95 or orthos
aslo as dph1077 mentioned would need full specs too

0x7a usually indicates a bad block, may not hurt to run a full chkdsk on the drive

 

[0roo0roo]

you can't ask if a psu is too low if you don't tell what itse running

 

[JustaGeek]

IMO, it is the 20-pin PSU connector.

You need the remaining 4 power pins to handle the load.

And while you're at it, get a more powerful PSU. I don't believe in any PSU's below 400W today, regardless of the other hardware installed, unless it it supplied by the OEM like Dell or HP.

See, your 3000 lbs vehicle could run with a 1 liter 4 cylinder engine, so why are you asking for the 3 liter V-6...?

For those little moments when you DO need that power to accelerate quickly.