Hey all.
Ok, so yesterday I started to upgrade my rig.
New components are:AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ AM2
Gigabyte GA-M55plus-S3G
2x 1Gig Corsair RAM DDR2
2x 300G SATA II Maxtor Harddrive (6v300f0)
1x Nvidea Quadro FX 540 PCI-Ex16 card
X-Power PSU 450W
Thermaltake case
The components Im taking from my old rig are
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2ZS
Netgear Wireless Network card (Both PCI)
LG DVD Re-Writer
Zip Drive 100M
Floppy Drive
1x IDE 200G Maxtor Harddrive
1x IDE 160G Maxtor Harddrive (with Windows already installed)
So I got everything together, and started putting the new rig together, turned it on and it came on for about 4 seconds (fans all started, HDD started up etc) then just before the monitors come on, or it has a BEEP to say its ok, it turns itself off.
I tried a bit of fiddling around, and made sure the motherboard was screwed in properly (it was)I then made sure no loose connections were touching the side of the case (they weren't). Then after a bit of pressing in both Power and reset buttons, I managed to get it to turn on. (hmmm) Once it was on, it was running fine. Nothing blew up, or burnt out, and it could see and use all my devices.
While it was on, I thought I might as well make sure my OS is ok, and with a bit of plpaying around and upgrading a few components, it worked fine. So I went about setting up a RAID on my two SATA II drives (as I want to use it for video editing) I went through that process fine, windows could see them, Bios could see them, and I made the RAID with no problems, except one. Everytime I needed to reboot the system, it would get to the "Windows is shutting down" screen, and just stay there until I hit the reset button.
So today, I try turning it on, and same problem. After a bit of fiddling with the power and reset button, I can get it on, but obviously I'm not happy with that and so get into the case again to try pulling out a few things.
With a hunch it mightbe a PSU thing I decided to remove the 2 SATA II drives from the PSU (I have a molex to 2 SATA adapter). And boot it up. And it works perfectly first time. Thinking it may be the cable, I managed to get hold of a molex to SATA adapter, and use the SATA power cable from the PSU. Boot it up, and lights come on, fans boot up etc, then 4 seconds later... nothing. Again, with a bit of fiddling I can get it on, but that's not what I wanted. So I power down, and remove the SATA cables again, and boot up. Works perfectly.
So, my guess is its the power supply, but Im not 100%. This is what I got off of the box:
+3.3V = 32A
+5V = 34A
+12V = 18A
-5V = 1A
-12V = 1A
+5Vsb = 2A
Total Max Output = 450W
I tried finding the power ratings for all the individual components, but with not much success. Ive read about the 12V rail needing over 20A for high end systems, so I was thinking about getting a new PSU. What do you guys think?
This is the one I have at the moment PSU
If its not addequate, can you recommend me a PSU, or what I need to look for?
Sorry it's a long post, I just wanted to make sure I said everything I tried!
Ok, so yesterday I started to upgrade my rig.
New components are:AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ AM2
Gigabyte GA-M55plus-S3G
2x 1Gig Corsair RAM DDR2
2x 300G SATA II Maxtor Harddrive (6v300f0)
1x Nvidea Quadro FX 540 PCI-Ex16 card
X-Power PSU 450W
Thermaltake case
The components Im taking from my old rig are
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2ZS
Netgear Wireless Network card (Both PCI)
LG DVD Re-Writer
Zip Drive 100M
Floppy Drive
1x IDE 200G Maxtor Harddrive
1x IDE 160G Maxtor Harddrive (with Windows already installed)
So I got everything together, and started putting the new rig together, turned it on and it came on for about 4 seconds (fans all started, HDD started up etc) then just before the monitors come on, or it has a BEEP to say its ok, it turns itself off.
I tried a bit of fiddling around, and made sure the motherboard was screwed in properly (it was)I then made sure no loose connections were touching the side of the case (they weren't). Then after a bit of pressing in both Power and reset buttons, I managed to get it to turn on. (hmmm) Once it was on, it was running fine. Nothing blew up, or burnt out, and it could see and use all my devices.
While it was on, I thought I might as well make sure my OS is ok, and with a bit of plpaying around and upgrading a few components, it worked fine. So I went about setting up a RAID on my two SATA II drives (as I want to use it for video editing) I went through that process fine, windows could see them, Bios could see them, and I made the RAID with no problems, except one. Everytime I needed to reboot the system, it would get to the "Windows is shutting down" screen, and just stay there until I hit the reset button.
So today, I try turning it on, and same problem. After a bit of fiddling with the power and reset button, I can get it on, but obviously I'm not happy with that and so get into the case again to try pulling out a few things.
With a hunch it mightbe a PSU thing I decided to remove the 2 SATA II drives from the PSU (I have a molex to 2 SATA adapter). And boot it up. And it works perfectly first time. Thinking it may be the cable, I managed to get hold of a molex to SATA adapter, and use the SATA power cable from the PSU. Boot it up, and lights come on, fans boot up etc, then 4 seconds later... nothing. Again, with a bit of fiddling I can get it on, but that's not what I wanted. So I power down, and remove the SATA cables again, and boot up. Works perfectly.
So, my guess is its the power supply, but Im not 100%. This is what I got off of the box:
+3.3V = 32A
+5V = 34A
+12V = 18A
-5V = 1A
-12V = 1A
+5Vsb = 2A
Total Max Output = 450W
I tried finding the power ratings for all the individual components, but with not much success. Ive read about the 12V rail needing over 20A for high end systems, so I was thinking about getting a new PSU. What do you guys think?
This is the one I have at the moment PSU
If its not addequate, can you recommend me a PSU, or what I need to look for?
Sorry it's a long post, I just wanted to make sure I said everything I tried!