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Power Supply Question about XP Barton 2500
Currently, I have a 1.5 year old 350W Sparkle power supply. In the PC
is: Sparkle 350W power supply from other computer 1.5 years old Asus A7V8X-X AMD Barton 2500 XP 1024 RAM 2x512 333 corsair valueselect 40GB Maxtor 7200 120GB Maxtor 7200 CDRW DVD-RW two larger fans in the antec lanboy case I have tried three motherboards before I decided it was the power supply. I welcome corrections. All mobos kept rebooting. Mostly when I added a second stick of th 512. So, I suspected the RAM, timing, etc. One mobo thought it was the mem. slot. Finally, on the third mobo, the pc would get "stuck" not post, nothing. I removed a RAM module it would boot, but sometimes still fail. I then put two other sticks from old machine that worked well 2100 256 & 128. Same problem. Hangs, no POST or boot. Finally, eight year old suggested it was that thing that I put in there from the other computer (power supply.) I put the 2x512 333 memory back in. I unplugged one 120 secondary hard drive. The system booted, almost every time. I then took the lead that was plugged into the 40 and put its extra power lead on the 120. It booted again. Maybe that separate lead was bad? In any case, I believe it is the power supply. What should I have for the system? Evidently, mine isn't good enough. Any other suggestions are welcome. Thank you for reading this longer post. |
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