Not enough power? *Problem Solved*

[Jgtdragon]

I am not sure if its a power supply issue or not. I can boot into Windows with 115 fsb. It can run everything fine, but when I do a soft restart it hang at the post. I can see my usb mice flashing. So I have to hard reset it and it post and go back into Windows fine. So I lower the fsb to 112. When I do a soft restart on 112 fsb I can see it struggle pass the post and boot up.

My power supply not powerful enough? See my intel rig below. I got a Sparkle 300w btw.

Thanks.

 

[NuovoTech]

My power supply not powerful enough?

Quite possible, depending on which model Sparkle 300w PS you have...LMK

 

[Jgtdragon]

The one I got has a 12v connector on it.
I got the $48 bucks one.

 

[NuovoTech]

Look on the top of your PS, it should B model #: FSP300-60BTV, look below that, it should also say: (+3.3V & +5V=200W Max). If so, it
should B okay 4 your system, AMD rates that model up 2 a XP2000+. If it sez =180W, it should work also...

Does not sound like a PS issue, but more of an O/C'ing one. Either up the voltage 2 your memory or tune down your settings...

 

[Jgtdragon]

First of all, thanks for your help.

I think I should check to see I can up the voltage to my P4T-E motherboard. I ran this case and power supply with my P4 1.4 Ghz Socket 423 at 115 paired with a Asus P4T with no problem. Hmmm, the Northwood 1.8a and P4t-E requires more voltage? I thought the northwood use less voltage and power. The only problem is at soft restart, its ok at hard reset and powering up.

 

[Jgtdragon]

Update:
I tried increasing the voltage of the cpu, same thing. Doesn't seem to be a power issue. I realized at 115fsb it will boot up eventually, but have to wait around 20 second to verify pnp devices. Might be a bug with Asus's bios. Just have to wait until the next BIOS update from Asus to fix this problem. Still can run Fsb at 115 just have to patient and wait 20 second to boot up on soft restart.

 

[Jgtdragon]

Finally solved this problem today. When I restart or boot up, I realized my usb mice's LED kept flashing.

Hmmmm, USB requesting too much power at boot? So, I put a usb to ps2 converter on the mice, and now the pc boots up with no lag or wait. Guess USB asking for too much power. Don't want to upgrade powersupply, so its ok to run ps2 mice.

Hope this will help out others down the road.