So just because your PSU is rated for 400w doesn't mean it's supplying it. Pay particular attention to the current ratings. A regular Athlon, as I understand it, draws it's power off of the +5V rail, and can draw anything up to about 37A (!). Specifications for your chip are available on AMD's site.
It just goes to show that you're better off buying a really good, name brand PSU. Aopen's are ok, I think, but the best are Antec and Enermax, as I understand it. Both of which possibly aren't available from your average corner store, but are online (I use eyo.com.au and computermarket.com.au). These aren't cheap (A top-of-the-line Antec is about $210)
HTH,
Matt
At 16:13 11/08/2003, Jeff Waugh wrote:
<quote who="Jamie Wilkinson">
> This one time, at band camp, Gonzalo Servat wrote: > > Any other suggestions? It has one other defect where you sometimes have > > to press the reset button a number of times before you actually get > > video output which leads me to believe maybe it is the motherboard. > > It could be that a 400W psu still doesn't cut it. You may actually need a > 600W psu.
Wow. I'm running a dual-Athlon on 400W; 2 disks, DVD, three or four PCI cards. It was very unhappy on 350W, but hasn't missed a beat due to power issues with 400W (though it's not incredibly robust when there's a flicker).
I'd be looking at the motherboard too, annoying as it is. :-|
- Jeff
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