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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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I tried it with a totally different set of RAM a 256 and a 128. I had
the exact same results. As best I could tell, they were all properly seated. |
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Check the website of the RAM manufacture and see what the voltage specs are.
I had the same problem with my Gigabyte motherboard and a 465W power supply. After spending the money to replace the power supply, the problem persisted. Checked the Mushkin website and found that 2.5V was the MINIMUM operating voltage of my RAM, up to 2.8v. The machine ran fine with one stick at 2.5V, adding the second stick crashed it repeatedly. Increased the voltage to 2.7V and its been stable ever since. Fitz |
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That is difficult on Corsair's sight, but am trying do figure it out.
It is set at 7-3-3-2.5 at the moment. If I change the 2.5, do I change the other three values? I am posting on the corsair forum, but not hopeful for an answer. Also, why would it blow up with the other sticks or RAM? Thanks again. |
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just ati radeon 7500. I believe you guys. It's just the third
motherboard and I am tired of doing this and I called MS this time to get my activation code. I don't think they will do it again (already did it automatically before this a few days ago with fresh install.) At one time, I saw it was 4.99 5.00 with mobo software, so I guess it is right on. |
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The values you list are not the DDR voltage. Those are timing settings. The
2.5 is CAS latency. To check the voltage, check the BIOS of your motherboard (see your manual, or the motherboard website). That is also where the adjustment (if available) will be. Another way the check the voltage is with Everest Home Edition, which is a free download, and will tell you all kinds of information about you system. I made no mention of anything "blowing up"...just crashing (either back to the desktop, or rebooting). Fitz |
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Fitz wrote: The values you list are not the DDR voltage. Those are timing settings. The 2.5 is CAS latency. To check the voltage, check the BIOS of your motherboard (see your manual, or the motherboard website). That is also where the adjustment (if available) will be. Another way the check the voltage is with Everest Home Edition, which is a free download, and will tell you all kinds of information about you system. I made no mention of anything "blowing up"...just crashing (either back to the desktop, or rebooting). Fitz I know you asked about memory, but here is what my software utility reports about the motherboard: 11.712 4.999 3.248 1.536 vcore 37C |
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