Pc help....

XPoGoX · Post by **XPoGoX** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:35 pm

My buddy built a pc for me...but theres a prob. The pc boots up and everything runs ok but at random times the pc reboots itself!. The power supply is 40w less then what the motherboard states it needs. Would that be the reason?.
Im pretty pc stupid so I assumed that when it says the motherboard needs 470w..its more a generalization then anything.
Any heres my specs
MSI K8N Neo4/SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4
TR2 -430W PS
Amd athlon 3200+
1 gig of ram
Geforce 6800 pci express

*Looked again darc...it says 470w*

Post by **|darc|** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:39 pm

The motherboard says it needs 500w? That is damn steep just for the motherboard..

Wagh · Post by **Wagh** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:22 am

it prolly just suggests that much to do sli.

Disheveled DrFreeze · Post by **Disheveled DrFreeze** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:02 am

yeah, 470 watts for a 3200 with a single 6800 isnt very realistic, unless you have a freaking tesla coil hooked up or something

doesnt mean power isnt the problem though, if you got a cheap PSU, that might be giving you problems

Tall Israeli · Post by **Tall Israeli** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:46 am

Does it reboot randomly or at certain times?

XPoGoX · Post by **XPoGoX** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:46 am

so far its rebooted only when i try to install something on my dvd drive. I can only make it to the second cd during a WoW install. Also if i have a dvd in the drive on reboot it will continue to reboot till you take the disk out.

Disheveled DrFreeze · Post by **Disheveled DrFreeze** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:37 am

uhm, did you try playing a game?

i dont see a DVD drive sapping so much power that the machine will reboot, certainly not when your vga and cpu arent on load

and the reboot cycle on the dvd drive suggests a problem with your DVD drive, although i didnt know ide drives are capable of rebooting a system...

can you do a cold boot with a dvd in the drive?