I recently purchased a graphics card for my computer and it requires 420 Watt power supply or higher. I currently have a 300 watt power supply. I also have 2gb's of ram coming in the mail tomorrow.
When I bought the graphics card I also bought a Antec EarthWatts 430W Power Supply. I hooked it all up and nothing worked, I returned it for another one and still nothing happened when I turned on the computer. No sounds, no nothing. I called the help line and they ran through things like hooking everything up right and I did everything right so they said HP and other company's that prebuild computers make it so you can't use other power supplies other than what they make. I returned it for my money. I'm wondering if that's true and/or where could I find one that works with my computer? Thanks for any help you can provide.
Computer Specs
HP Pavilion a 1319h
* Processor; Intel Pentium 4 Processor 517 (HT Technology enabled)
* Processor Speed; 2.93GHz
* Cache 1MB = L2 Cache
* Bus Speed; 533MHz Front-side Bus
* Memory; 1.0GB PC-4200 DDR2 SDRAM memory
* Hard Drive; 160GB 7200RPM Serial ATA hard drive
*300 watt power supply
*ATI Diamond Stealth X1550 graphics card PCI EXpressx16
Power Supply Specs (The problem one I had to return)
# 430W
# 80mm low noise cooling fan
# Dual 12V outputs: 12V2 for Motherboard and peripherals; 12V1 for processor
# Industrial-grade protection circuitry prevents damage resulting from short circuits, power overloads, over voltage, and under voltage
# 80 PLUS® certified
# 4 SATA connectors
# PCI-E connector
# Safety approvals: UL, CUL, FCC, TÅ¡V, CE, CB, C-tick, CCC
# Universal input
# Active Power Factor Correction (PFC)
# PF value up to 99%
When I bought the graphics card I also bought a Antec EarthWatts 430W Power Supply. I hooked it all up and nothing worked, I returned it for another one and still nothing happened when I turned on the computer. No sounds, no nothing. I called the help line and they ran through things like hooking everything up right and I did everything right so they said HP and other company's that prebuild computers make it so you can't use other power supplies other than what they make. I returned it for my money. I'm wondering if that's true and/or where could I find one that works with my computer? Thanks for any help you can provide.
Computer Specs
HP Pavilion a 1319h
* Processor; Intel Pentium 4 Processor 517 (HT Technology enabled)
* Processor Speed; 2.93GHz
* Cache 1MB = L2 Cache
* Bus Speed; 533MHz Front-side Bus
* Memory; 1.0GB PC-4200 DDR2 SDRAM memory
* Hard Drive; 160GB 7200RPM Serial ATA hard drive
*300 watt power supply
*ATI Diamond Stealth X1550 graphics card PCI EXpressx16
Power Supply Specs (The problem one I had to return)
# 430W
# 80mm low noise cooling fan
# Dual 12V outputs: 12V2 for Motherboard and peripherals; 12V1 for processor
# Industrial-grade protection circuitry prevents damage resulting from short circuits, power overloads, over voltage, and under voltage
# 80 PLUS® certified
# 4 SATA connectors
# PCI-E connector
# Safety approvals: UL, CUL, FCC, TÅ¡V, CE, CB, C-tick, CCC
# Universal input
# Active Power Factor Correction (PFC)
# PF value up to 99%
