i Think my psu might be on it last leg

[twitchee2]

ok well lets start with specs:
sony prebuilt
P4 2.4 northwood
512 pc-2100 ram
sis 651 mobo
dvd-rom
cd -rw
floopy
120gig maxtor
some 250w psu 15a on the 12v

Heres the problem. 2 days ago i went to install my frineds 5200ultra. so doing so we put the card in, made sure everything was hooked up. went to boot it back up. comes up with a install boot drive and press enter thing. and it didnt not show there was a master drive or slave drive. ok great. took everything out. the HDD wasnt spinning.. tryed all kinds of different put conectors and nothing. so my frined has a 120gig maxtor laying aroudn that he let me have. Do you think my psu killed my HDD?

Now when every i put my comp into stand by. when i go to bring it back it jus reboots instead of coming right up. do you think this is from my pus as well?

thanks for anyinput.

BTW if the psu does need to be replaced. im going to buy a enermax 550w and a tsunami case sense i will be building a a64 system.

thanks again

 

[Waylay00]

I don't know..Possibly. However, my current system which consists of a 1.5GHz P4 Willamette, 1GB PC133 SDRAM, two Optical Drives, and a 40GB Western Digital HD, and get this - a 9800 Pro 128mb all run fine on a 200w PSU with 8 amps on the 12v. (I didn't know anything about PSU risks as the time of upgrading from my GF2 MX200 )

 

[twitchee2]

hmmmmm well iunno. i dont have a vid card...i play cs on 32mb integrated video. iunno but it still doesnt explain why it doesnt come back rom standby. and acornding to MBM my 12v is at 15.5v im thinking thats not right.

 

[imported_Mitchell]

Get a larger PS, 250 = too small.

Those type of PS's work great in Dell systems where every component has been rated and chosen to work, take something or add something to them and you break that balance.

Adding a new PS will give you enough power to run the new ideo card.

 

[twitchee2]

im not gonna try the vid card again im just gonna wait to build a new sys. i can play cs jus fine right now. but im thinking thats the prblem. anyone think the psu is why it cont come back from standby?

 

[w00t]

Originally posted by: Mitchell
Get a larger PS, 250 = too small.

Those type of PS's work great in Dell systems where every component has been rated and chosen to work, take something or add something to them and you break that balance.

Adding a new PS will give you enough power to run the new ideo card.

not really i have an old dell 2400 and the psu has been acting up on my parents.

 

[w00t]

Originally posted by: Mitchell
Get a larger PS, 250 = too small.

Those type of PS's work great in Dell systems where every component has been rated and chosen to work, take something or add something to them and you break that balance.

Adding a new PS will give you enough power to run the new ideo card.

how did i do this my bad..

 

[imported_Mitchell]

Huh?

 

[twitchee2]

o one more question. can u just make a anti static wristhingy? my dad dliped out when i told him i fired my hdd. can i jsu take a wire, put it around my wrist and conect it to my case so i dont have to worry about that? of course making sure some sort of metal is touching me at all times thansk...and again anyideas about the stand by thing?

 

[twitchee2]

ok im leaveing for a couple of hours bump for anyone who has any idea on what is happeneing.

 

[twitchee2]

bump

 

[Lemodular]

It is possible that it is a PSU problem with the newer vid card. Also, does this only happen coming out of standby? If so, just dont use that feature.

 

[twitchee2]

yes it only does this out of stand that i have noticed so far... i really like that feture thats why i use it

 

[wisdomblade]

Different hard drive means new os install. Maybe your computer is set to hibernate?

 

[twitchee2]

no i checked that and its set to stand by. iuno waht going on. i think im gonna buy a new case/psu next week.

 

[twitchee2]

bump before i got tobed. any and all thoughts related to the subject welcome

 

[ribbon13]

Buy a new psu? I like quiet things ^^
Silence
Cheaper silence
Budget silence

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Waylay00
I don't know..Possibly. However, my current system which consists of a 1.5GHz P4 Willamette, 1GB PC133 SDRAM, two Optical Drives, and a 40GB Western Digital HD, and get this - a 9800 Pro 128mb all run fine on a 200w PSU with 8 amps on the 12v. (I didn't know anything about PSU risks as the time of upgrading from my GF2 MX200 )

How can you have a P4 williamette that runs on PC133 SDRAM? When those came out they were run purely on RAMBUS PC800 RDRAM.

 

[twitchee2]

yea thanks. im going to get a balck tsunami case with this psu here to power the system in my sig. i willprobly do this in a could of weeks though. btw i jsu come out of stand by, and it rebooting in stead thanks.