Hi All,
Im running an Athlon XP 2200+, 512MB ram, 2 hard drives, dvd rom, cd-rw. Recently got a 9800 Pro and im not sure if my 300w Power supply is cutting it. Have experienced the system suddenly rebooting for no reason once or twice. Since then i put the graphics card on its own power cable and it seems stable, though i havent done much heavy 3d gaming since then.
How can i measure or estimate the power requirements of my system? i do have a digital multimeter and have a decent knowledge of the basics of electronics (voltage current power relationships etc). Just need to know how to work out the power draw on my PSU.
Thanks in advance
Im running an Athlon XP 2200+, 512MB ram, 2 hard drives, dvd rom, cd-rw. Recently got a 9800 Pro and im not sure if my 300w Power supply is cutting it. Have experienced the system suddenly rebooting for no reason once or twice. Since then i put the graphics card on its own power cable and it seems stable, though i havent done much heavy 3d gaming since then.
How can i measure or estimate the power requirements of my system? i do have a digital multimeter and have a decent knowledge of the basics of electronics (voltage current power relationships etc). Just need to know how to work out the power draw on my PSU.
Thanks in advance