my second PSU is capout?

hi all

i have an issue with my comp. since 12 hours my comp hangs up or reboots randomly. the temps are correct (cpu 42°C mb 28°C). my memory is 512MB of Crucial PC133 CAS2.
during the afternoon i succeeded yet to POST but the OS couldn't start. the comp rebooted at half of its loading. i was obligated to set the BIOS to defaults (erasing the overclocking settings) & ran my comp at STOCK speed. now my comp works again but it is yet at the edge of a wild reboot.
i think my 300 watts PSU is down. (this would be the second PSU i crashed)

add: there is also my ide led which stays always slightly on.

what do you think about? any comments are welcome.


thanks.


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<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by corsair3200 on 07/05/02 03:34 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

Hi All

I have an issue with my comp. since 12 hours my comp hangs up or reboots randomly. The temps are correct (cpu 42°C mb 28°C). My memory is 512MB of Crucial PC133 CAS2.
During the afternoon i succeeded yet to POST but the OS couldn't start. The comp rebooted at half of its loading. I was obligated to set the BIOS to defaults (erasing the overclocking settings) & ran my comp at STOCK speed. Now my comp works again but it is yet at the edge of a wild reboot.
I think my Aopen 300 watts PSU is down. (this would be the second PSU i crashed)

add: There is also my ide led which stays always slightly on.

What do you think about? Any comments are welcome.


my new configuration for overclocking purpose:
TB 1.333 'C' Type
(1x) 512MB Corsair XMS3200 CAS2.5 (Platinum series)
Abit KX7-333R
(2x) 40GB IBM 120GXP RAID0 + (1x) 40GB IBM 60GXP - 7200RPM
Tekram DC-390 U2W
(1x) 9.1GB IBM DRVS9 U2W 10.000RPM
Pioneer CDR + Yamaha CDRW SCSI drives + Creative DVDR IDE drive
HP139A DAT2 SCSI tape
AIW Radeon 32 - AGP2X
Audigy Player
3COM NIC card
USB Alcatel ADSL modem
USB Agfa scanner
Innovatek Cooling Kit


Plus i am wondering if i must change the PSU, which one i should buy between the Enermax 431 watts $100 & the Enermax 550 watts $150, which is 50% more expensive.

At last, is someone knows what are the Active PFC & FCA functions & the difference between the FMA & the FCA versions? i am a bit confusing here.

i am going to buy it online now, thanks alot for an ASAP answer before my system crashes again.

ps: i was willing to precise a little this before buying it.


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Sounds very nice!

This little cathode light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine!

boo. another crash. now i run my comp without CDR/CDRW drives & 1Ghz@100 underclocking.


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