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aberkok · 05-22-2006, 09:32 AM

A few weeks ago my computer started crashing at seemingly random times. It was getting to be time to start Windows XP afresh after a year of gathering gunk, so I figured I'd wipe and re-install the OS. To my horror, the computer crashed during the OS re-installation. I updated the BIOS and left the computer in BIOS configuration to see what temperature it was running at. It crashed even while just sitting idle in the BIOS config.

Before I continue my story, here's my specs:

AMD Athlon 2600+
512 MB RAM (previously 1GB)
Asus A7V8X Motherboard
ATI Radeon 9200 Video Card
300W Power Supply (this is about 5 years old now, where the rest of the system was upgraded in Jan. 2005)

I suspected it might be faulty memory, so I removed the modules one at a time. I was happy to discover that it wouldn't even boot with one of them, so I thought, problem solved...I kept the supposedly working one in and it booted fine. I re-installed the OS and it didn't crash anymore until this morning.

Why is this happening? I suspect 300W isn't enough these days with the amount of USB stuff I run, but could the crashing have something to the old power supply?

Thanks in advance for any help you guys can give.

05-22-2006, 09:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
aberkok “Wrong is right.” Location: toronto	Random Crashing A few weeks ago my computer started crashing at seemingly random times. It was getting to be time to start Windows XP afresh after a year of gathering gunk, so I figured I'd wipe and re-install the OS. To my horror, the computer crashed during the OS re-installation. I updated the BIOS and left the computer in BIOS configuration to see what temperature it was running at. It crashed even while just sitting idle in the BIOS config. Before I continue my story, here's my specs: AMD Athlon 2600+ 512 MB RAM (previously 1GB) Asus A7V8X Motherboard ATI Radeon 9200 Video Card 300W Power Supply (this is about 5 years old now, where the rest of the system was upgraded in Jan. 2005) I suspected it might be faulty memory, so I removed the modules one at a time. I was happy to discover that it wouldn't even boot with one of them, so I thought, problem solved...I kept the supposedly working one in and it booted fine. I re-installed the OS and it didn't crash anymore until this morning. Why is this happening? I suspect 300W isn't enough these days with the amount of USB stuff I run, but could the crashing have something to the old power supply? Thanks in advance for any help you guys can give. __________________ !check out my new blog! http://arkanamusic.wordpress.com Warden Gentiles: "It? Perfectly innocent. But I can see how, if our roles were reversed, I might have you beaten with a pillowcase full of batteries."