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Ok. This hapopened on monday.
PC crashed.
Not a big deal.
Then I pulled out the power cable, and reconnected it. Pressed the power button.
Nothing.
Fans whir, a few clicks, but a completly blank screen.
I know it's not the monitor, because as soon as I pulled out the monitor cable from my graphics card, it came up with a "No Signal Input" display...
Specs:
Gigabyte Motherboard (two months old)
1GB Ram (2 months)
Connect 3D ATi Radeon 9600XT (2 months)
Pentium 4 3.2GHz CPU (1 month)
120 GB HDD
2x DVD Drive
What's happened? Has the CPU fried? Is my Mobo AWOL???
Help!!!
PC crashed.
Not a big deal.
Then I pulled out the power cable, and reconnected it. Pressed the power button.
Nothing.
Fans whir, a few clicks, but a completly blank screen.
I know it's not the monitor, because as soon as I pulled out the monitor cable from my graphics card, it came up with a "No Signal Input" display...
Specs:
Gigabyte Motherboard (two months old)
1GB Ram (2 months)
Connect 3D ATi Radeon 9600XT (2 months)
Pentium 4 3.2GHz CPU (1 month)
120 GB HDD
2x DVD Drive
What's happened? Has the CPU fried? Is my Mobo AWOL???
Help!!!
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Coin wrote:
> So what's a high rating? 20? 40? 100?
High 20's at least.
> So what's a high rating? 20? 40? 100?
High 20's at least.
So what's a high rating? 20? 40? 100?
I would agree with the others on PSU, spend a decent amount £40+ as problems can occur because of the PSU.
Look for the rails not the overall rating. The rails are 3.3v, 5v and 12v. Each component uses a certain voltage and needs power. If one of the rails is too low, then a power spike can cause system problems. A decent PSU usually has high ratings on all 3 rails.
On my old computer I noticed that the power readings on the monitoring software use to be going up and down all the time, and at times the computer crashed while these voltages were fluctuating. The new PC with a Enermax 460w PSU stays solid all the time. Actually this PSU is so good that if there is a brief power cut i.e 0.5 second outage the PC actually stays on.
My friend got a Jeantech 500w from PC World for £40 and looking at the rails it seems a great buy, better rails and more power than a more expensive 430w Antec PSU. Another friend has the same PSU and is running 3 or so hard disks, 2 DVD drives, high end graphics card and has no problems.
Look for the rails not the overall rating. The rails are 3.3v, 5v and 12v. Each component uses a certain voltage and needs power. If one of the rails is too low, then a power spike can cause system problems. A decent PSU usually has high ratings on all 3 rails.
On my old computer I noticed that the power readings on the monitoring software use to be going up and down all the time, and at times the computer crashed while these voltages were fluctuating. The new PC with a Enermax 460w PSU stays solid all the time. Actually this PSU is so good that if there is a brief power cut i.e 0.5 second outage the PC actually stays on.
My friend got a Jeantech 500w from PC World for £40 and looking at the rails it seems a great buy, better rails and more power than a more expensive 430w Antec PSU. Another friend has the same PSU and is running 3 or so hard disks, 2 DVD drives, high end graphics card and has no problems.
Rar.
Magna.
/ Ebuyer.
Magna.
/ Ebuyer.
Coin wrote:
> Overkill is good?
>
Well I doubt in the lifetime of the board thatb you're ever going to fully utilise that kind of bandwidth :-)
>
> Also decided on a £20 500W PSU. Read reviews, good enough for a
> few months.
>
> Also has a little on / off switch.
>
*Groan*
All it takes is a little spike on the second day of usage to fry your motherboard and CPU etc... what make is it?
We went through this with Alastair :P
> Overkill is good?
>
Well I doubt in the lifetime of the board thatb you're ever going to fully utilise that kind of bandwidth :-)
>
> Also decided on a £20 500W PSU. Read reviews, good enough for a
> few months.
>
> Also has a little on / off switch.
>
*Groan*
All it takes is a little spike on the second day of usage to fry your motherboard and CPU etc... what make is it?
We went through this with Alastair :P
Overkill is good?
Mmm... Final Fantasy references... Mmm...
Also decided on a £20 500W PSU. Read reviews, good enough for a few months.
Also has a little on / off switch.
Yay.
Mmm... Final Fantasy references... Mmm...
Also decided on a £20 500W PSU. Read reviews, good enough for a few months.
Also has a little on / off switch.
Yay.
Coin wrote:
> Meh, can't wait.
>
> Abit IC7-G, here I come!
Thats the spirit!!
Answering your question; Gigabit LAN is 10 times faster than standard ethernet :P hence the overkill comment!
> Meh, can't wait.
>
> Abit IC7-G, here I come!
Thats the spirit!!
Answering your question; Gigabit LAN is 10 times faster than standard ethernet :P hence the overkill comment!
Meh, can't wait.
Abit IC7-G, here I come!
Abit IC7-G, here I come!
Wait up.
What exactly is Gigabit LAN? I need something cheaper...
What exactly is Gigabit LAN? I need something cheaper...
Thanks, off to buy one now...
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