Power Supply - 2nd Nov 2007 10:11pm
Just thoight i would post about an issue ive had for about
3 weeks where my pc would just shut down and re-start
when i tried to use media player, or burn a disc ?
The problem pointed towards a Driver conflict,
windows clever crash report kept telling me its a driver issue,
and seeing that i had previously ruled out HEAT, it was the
logical road to take
Anyway, one of the last tests i decided to do before a re-install assuming
it was a driver confilct was to disconnect my 500GB Drive.
I done that and my pc became stable again
So i attached a independant power supply and hey its all good again.
Summary
My PSU is loosing some of its umff,
its been fine for over 6 months with this new 500gb drive
and only in the last 3 weeks has it been playing up.
So i need to up my PSU from 400 to 400 + and i'm all happy again
Just sharing, as we overload our pc's with more and more Hard Drives lol
3 weeks where my pc would just shut down and re-start
when i tried to use media player, or burn a disc ?
The problem pointed towards a Driver conflict,
windows clever crash report kept telling me its a driver issue,
and seeing that i had previously ruled out HEAT, it was the
logical road to take
Anyway, one of the last tests i decided to do before a re-install assuming
it was a driver confilct was to disconnect my 500GB Drive.
I done that and my pc became stable again
So i attached a independant power supply and hey its all good again.
Summary
My PSU is loosing some of its umff,
its been fine for over 6 months with this new 500gb drive
and only in the last 3 weeks has it been playing up.
So i need to up my PSU from 400 to 400 + and i'm all happy again
Just sharing, as we overload our pc's with more and more Hard Drives lol