Bruce Feist wrote:
Gilboa Davara wrote:
I assume that you have a rather recent graphics card, right?
You need a better power supply. At least a 450w unit.
Interesting thought! I'm using the graphics capabilities built into the
RS480M2 mother board -- no separate card. But, with that many disks in
the system, maybe the 400W isn't enoug.
To check my assumption, disconnect all the DVD and SATA drives and most
of the fans (keep the case open), and check if the stability improves.
Sounds good. It's not a completely fair comparison, though -- stability
might improve if one of the components I disconnect is faulty and
responsible for the problem. I'll give it a try, though.
On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 17:32 -0400, Bruce Feist wrote:
It's an MSI RS480M2-IL mother board with an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU,
and two 512MB DDR-400 PC3200 RAM. Primary hard drive is an 80 gig
IDE ATA/100 WD drive, and there are actually four different 250 gig
SATA/150 WD drives, as well as a pair of Lite-on 16x DVD+-R/RW IDE
dual layer drives. The CPU has a 400 watt VTech power supply, and
there are multiple fans in the case.
Here is an article on calculating the power needs.
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,119585,pg,2,00.asp
I ran into a similiar problem when I added new drives to my computer a
few weeks ago.
--
Robin Laing
