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power supply for Intel Pentium 4 531
I just bought an Intel Pentium 4 531 CPU and motherboard. Been having
some trouble with it. So I'm wondering if the CPU/Motherboard is defective or if my 350W power supply is insufficient? What is the Power requirement for the Intel Pentium 4 processors? I can't seem to find this information anywhere on the web. Chieh -- Camera Hacker - http://www.CameraHacker.com/ |
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if you are running out of wattage it isn't because of your chip. 350
isn't that much though so tell us: how many fans do you have? 1 on the CPU 1 on the case 1 in the power supply how man hard drives are you using? 1 IDE how many optical drives are you using? 1 CD-ROM 1 DVD+-R are you using a PCIE video card that requires powering? ATi Radeon Xpress 200 built-in to the motherboard how many disk drives are you using (floppy)? zero. can you provide more detail on the nature of the 'trouble' you have been experiencing? Well, the computer will boot up fine I'd install my Windows XP on it. Then I turn it off. Couple of hours later, I come back to turn it on and there would be no BIOS screen. The computer seems to reset it self. Or if it boots the hard drive, it would show different error messages, such as corrupted installation. Last night it hung during Windows install. Seem to be a variety of problems. Chieh -- Camera Hacker - http://www.CameraHacker.com/ |
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even a 200W. How many watts can your 350W PSU put out?
At first I was confused by this question. I thought a 350W power supply can put out 350 watts. So I read the labey on the power supply and there is one line that says: +5V, +3.3V combined max. output: 130W Is this significant? IOW, what brand is it? It's a Antec SP-350. It's brand new, never been used before. Better yet, what's its UL certifcation number (Exxxxxx) E161451 What does it mean? or CSA number (probably starts with "L")? If you have a digital I don't see a CSA number. Chieh -- Camera Hacker - http://www.CameraHacker.com/ |
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wrote in message oups.com... snip Well, the computer will boot up fine I'd install my Windows XP on it. Then I turn it off. Couple of hours later, I come back to turn it on and there would be no BIOS screen. The computer seems to reset it self. Or if it boots the hard drive, it would show different error messages, such as corrupted installation. Last night it hung during Windows install. Seem to be a variety of problems. That sure sounds like a crappy power supply to me. At least that would be my first guess. |
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power supply for Intel Pentium 4 531
wrote: I just bought an Intel Pentium 4 531 CPU and motherboard. Been having some trouble with it. So I'm wondering if the CPU/Motherboard is defective or if my 350W power supply is insufficient? What is the Power requirement for the Intel Pentium 4 processors? I can't seem to find this information anywhere on the web. Chieh -- Camera Hacker - http://www.CameraHacker.com/ Are you using a PSU from a previous generation of computer? If so, you may not have all the proper connections, there's often a 4 prong plug on the motherboard. |
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