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System Lockups after upgrade

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Akerfeldt

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After a recent upgrade of my cpu, motherboard and ram along with a new PSU, my computer(specs listed below) has been acting very wierd lately. Firefox for example locks up randomly or the system becomes extremely sluggish if I attempt to multitask. If I attempt to play games like CS:S, the computer either freezes or the game is a slideshow(both visuals and sound). My specs are listed below...

CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (upgraded from a Intel P4 2.53 GHz)
RAM: 512MB PC3200 DDR (upgraded from 512MB PC800 RDRam)
Motherboard: Gigabyte 7VT600P-RZ (upgraded from a generic Intel motherboard)
Video Card: ATi Radeon 9800 pro AIW
Hard drive 1: 160gb Seagate
Hard drive 2: 80gb Maxtor
DVD drive and a CDRW drive
PSU: 350W (upgraded from a 235W)

Aside from CPU RAM motherboard, everything else is the same as my last system. Everything was fine util the upgrade. I talked to a few friends who said that my power supply might be the problem. We came to this conclusion as I randomly get messages during startup which tell me to plug in my power supply cable to my video card. This usually happens after the system locks up and I have to restart. I have removed one of my Hard drives and this problem is less frequent now but the system is still very sluggish during gameplay and multi-tasking.

Is 350W not enough for this system? I was doing completely fine along with 2 extra fans with my older system which had a 235W PSU. Does the AMD cpu really take up that much more power?

Thanks in advance for your help.

 
Originally posted by: Akerfeldt

Is 350W not enough for this system? I was doing completely fine along with 2 extra fans with my older system which had a 235W PSU. Does the AMD cpu really take up that much more power?

Thanks in advance for your help.
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That would depend on the QUALITY (brand\model) of the PSU.

You need to look at the +12v & +5v ratings on the PSU. If it is
not rated at atleast 25A on the +12v side and 30A on the +5v
side it may not be sufficient.

Also, it is never wise to do a Processor change without a CLEAN Install of the OS.
 
Did you perform a Windows Repair Install after changing the mobo?

You CANNOT just swap mobos and reboot. A repair install wipes the device manager and forces Windows to redetect and install all hardware as if it was a new install (you do notlose your installed apps or data). You will need to install the latest mobo, video, sound and NIC drivers afterwards (IMPORTANT: ALways install the mobo driver first). You will also need to install all the Windows Updates afterwards.

Instructions here: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

A repair install usually works just fine 99% of the time. In some rare instances you may still have issues and may need to resort to a clean install of Windows.

 
After upgrading, windows was not starting so I just installed it over my old installation. If I cannot fix this, I will resort to doing a clean install. Thanks for your help.
 
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