Jack, I looked at your PS specs at that link you gave, and then looked at your system componets you posted. In my opinion, your PS could definitely be problematic. Usually, the main problem is the power available on the 3.3v and 5v rails. This PS is pretty low (15A and 26A) with 150watt combined. If the heat doesn't prove to be the culprit, I would definitely suspect an underpowered PS. On my KT133, I had a 250w PS, and it proved inadequate- had to go to 300w, and I had less peripherals and ram than you do at that time. On mt KT266A DDR, I had to go to a 420W- even 300W wouldn't boot my Shuttle AK31A reliably. Maybe investigate your motherboard on some hardware forums/groups, and get some feedback/info as to how that board behaves- the Shuttle was very picky as to PS issues. Robert C.
On Monday 28 October 2002 11:41 am, Jack Coates wrote: > On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 03:45, Gabriel Phoenix wrote: > <snip> > > > Power Supply? > > <snip> > > > Power supplies should be added to the troubleshooting list when tracking > > down gremlins. > > > > Gabriel > > I've read that article too, and have had my share of cheapie power > supplies release their magic smoke... The power supply is a good one, > the 250W version on this page: > http://www.quietpcusa.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=8&Product_ID=2&CATID=2 > > It's conceivable that I did my math wrong and this config needs more > than 250W, but I'm inclined to doubt that since there's only one hard > drive. > > Right now my bets are on the mem=nopentium switch and on heat problems > -- I've got a 80mm fan that I'll stick in it when I get a chance, and > I've already put the nopentium switch into lilo. > > thanks,
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