I have an old computer I've been messing with with a generic 420 watt PSU and an old AM3 dual core CPU.
I put an old 9800 GT video card in it and it ran for about four days. Then today the system hangs while the BIOS is detecting the hardware, usually either after it does the RAM check or after it detects the USB mouse.
I remove the video card and it boots fine.
I also noticed with the video card connected the mechanical hard drive doesn't spin up.
According to several PSU calculators I should only need about 350 watts, but I'm wondering if the video card is just too much for the generic PSU?
Is this typical behavior for a lack of power?
I put an old 9800 GT video card in it and it ran for about four days. Then today the system hangs while the BIOS is detecting the hardware, usually either after it does the RAM check or after it detects the USB mouse.
I remove the video card and it boots fine.
I also noticed with the video card connected the mechanical hard drive doesn't spin up.
According to several PSU calculators I should only need about 350 watts, but I'm wondering if the video card is just too much for the generic PSU?
Is this typical behavior for a lack of power?