User Name
Password

Go Back   Planetarion Forums > Non Planetarion Discussions > Programming and Discussion > Hardware and Tech Support
Reload this Page my computer doesnt work
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Arcade Today's Posts

Reply
View First Unread View First Unread  
Thread Tools Display Modes
Unread 6 Apr 2003, 15:15   #1
wu_trax
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,290
wu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet society
Question my computer doesnt work
this is the situation:
after i switch my computer on, it works for about 5 seconds, after that it turns off.
if i then pull out the plug, wait a few seconds and put it in again, it works normally.

any ideas what causes this problem and how i can solve it?
__________________
im not tolerant, i just dont care.
wu_trax is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 6 Apr 2003, 15:30   #2
CoD
(.) (.)
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: NI
Posts: 410
CoD has a spectacular aura aboutCoD has a spectacular aura aboutCoD has a spectacular aura about
dodgy ram?
CoD is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 6 Apr 2003, 16:04   #3
wu_trax
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,290
wu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet society
once i get it started everything works fine, so i doubt its the ram.
maybe its the power supply or that nicotine-layer all across the whole pc causes some trouble
__________________
im not tolerant, i just dont care.
wu_trax is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 6 Apr 2003, 16:41   #4
Structural Integrity
Rawr rawr
 
Structural Integrity's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Upside down
Posts: 5,300
Structural Integrity needs a job and a girlfriendStructural Integrity needs a job and a girlfriendStructural Integrity needs a job and a girlfriendStructural Integrity needs a job and a girlfriendStructural Integrity needs a job and a girlfriendStructural Integrity needs a job and a girlfriendStructural Integrity needs a job and a girlfriendStructural Integrity needs a job and a girlfriendStructural Integrity needs a job and a girlfriendStructural Integrity needs a job and a girlfriendStructural Integrity needs a job and a girlfriend
PSU.... I've had about the same problem before, 4 times. The fan of the PSU kept running and only stopped if I removed the cable. After plugging it back in it worked again. I could only pull this trick off a few times, then it died.
You better get a spare on as I believe this one might die soon.
Structural Integrity is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 6 Apr 2003, 16:48   #5
wu_trax
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,290
wu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet societywu_trax is a pillar of this Internet society
damn i dont have money for that, i rather need more ram :/
__________________
im not tolerant, i just dont care.
wu_trax is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 6 Apr 2003, 18:12   #6
meglamaniac
Born Sinful
 
meglamaniac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Loughborough, UK
Posts: 4,059
meglamaniac has ascended to a higher existance and no longer needs rep points to prove the size of his e-penis.meglamaniac has ascended to a higher existance and no longer needs rep points to prove the size of his e-penis.meglamaniac has ascended to a higher existance and no longer needs rep points to prove the size of his e-penis.meglamaniac has ascended to a higher existance and no longer needs rep points to prove the size of his e-penis.meglamaniac has ascended to a higher existance and no longer needs rep points to prove the size of his e-penis.meglamaniac has ascended to a higher existance and no longer needs rep points to prove the size of his e-penis.meglamaniac has ascended to a higher existance and no longer needs rep points to prove the size of his e-penis.meglamaniac has ascended to a higher existance and no longer needs rep points to prove the size of his e-penis.meglamaniac has ascended to a higher existance and no longer needs rep points to prove the size of his e-penis.meglamaniac has ascended to a higher existance and no longer needs rep points to prove the size of his e-penis.meglamaniac has ascended to a higher existance and no longer needs rep points to prove the size of his e-penis.
You can get a decent power supply for around £40.
This one from Antec, who are 'the name' in the power supply business, retails at around £45.
Thermaltake are also making a name for themselves in this area - this one is in fact the one I'm running and it retails at around £35.

As an indication of what to expect from it, that 360W is powering an XP2000+, 512Mb of DDR ram, 2 7200RPM harddrives, a GeForce 3, several other PCI boards, and 3 fans and is having no problem (you can tell by looking at the voltages with a utility such as MBM5).

You can get units rated higher in terms of watts for less cash, but be aware that at the cheap end of the scale you will be getting a powersupply that almost certainly will not reach anywhere near what it claims to be able to provide (ie. you'd be lucky to get 320W out of a 420W cheapo one and have any stability) and will be prone to voltage fluctuations under heavier loads which can seriously destabalise the system. I've seen the problems of several people I know solved by buying a decent PSU because they were trying to run large ammounts of kit on a cheap 300W power supply and their systems would fall over as soon as you did anything to drain more power (eg. CD burning).

It is worth investing in a quality unit.

__________________
Worth dying for. Worth killing for. Worth going to hell for. Amen.
meglamaniac is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

« Previous Thread | Hardware and Tech Support | Next Thread »


Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 17:18.
Planetarion - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2002 - 2018