Thread: PSU advice
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Old 07-21-2003, 07:49 PM   #3 (permalink)
yakimushi
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If your power supply is underpowered, you're not going to see these kind of errors. If your PS is underpowered, your system just crashes, or doesn't boot, or randomly resets. I had a system that would reset every time it spun up a CD.

Did you reinstall windows after putting together the new system? If not, do it.

Check your RAM. Memtest is a good prog. Even slightly bad RAM can cause huge problems.

Check your case temps. An XP2400 runs a hell of a lot hotter than an old Athlon 500.

Also, run some kind of stresstest. Unreal 2k3 would probably work, but something like SiSoft Sandras burn in test would work a little better.

Good luck!
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