RF wrote:
"Albert Wiersch" wrote in message
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Antec 450 watts... so I don't think so. Plus, my power meter (Kill-A-Watt)
never reads much above 200 watts when under load. Never seen it above 250
watts.

I do have 3 hard drives in there (Raptor and two Seagate 7200.10 320GB)
and a DVD drive... 2 GB of RAM, a few fans. I think a 450 watt can handle
all that.

Albert

The watts aren't the issue. The amount of amps the power supply is capable
of providing on all the rails is.

Do you have the videocard on its own rail? i.e. is the power connector for
your card NOT chained with any other connectors being used by hard drives,
etc?

RF.



I'm thinking it isn't the PSU, but if it is, I concur it's a question of
peak amperage, as you mention. Perhaps all those mechanical drive motors
are drawing too much current if they are all on at once, they are +12v
hungry just like the GPU.

Unplug everything, boot minimally to test.