Raphael Argus
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Hello all, this is my first post so I will try to give as much information as possible regarding my problem.
I just upgraded my present PC with a new mobo + cpu. I upgraded without a hitch.
I took the old mobo AbitTH7 II + CPU 2.1ghz along with it's 512MB Ram, TDK CDRW, 64MB Ti200 Geforce Card and a Nic card and put it into the old case. This case has a 240watt PS, the previous PS was 500 watts. The 240watt PS is a heavy and high quality PS.
After connecting all of the equipment and turning on the power the hard disk is resetting every second. This hard disk was taken from my old PIII600, I just wanted to boot to a Windows XP disk and do a format/fresh install. Anyone have any ideas? I'm thinking the power supply may be too low. Another thing, the motherboard has a port for primary power and auxillary power direct from the power supply. My current power supply only has the typical power attachment. The previous 500 watt PS has two plugs to attach to the motherboard, primary and auxillary. Do I NEED a power supply that has both for this motherboard? I can't find any information and can't seem to figure out what's wrong. Everything appears to be corrected correctly, I can't even get to a BIOS screen the hard disk keeps resetting over and over. The motherboard, video card, ram, and CPU all work. I just took took them out of a working PC. Any help would be great.
Also, not to sound like a total newb, but on the back of the old Power Supply is a red switch with two settings 230 and 115. It is set to 115. Is this the voltage switch for other countries? I assume so, and that I should keep it at 115.
I just upgraded my present PC with a new mobo + cpu. I upgraded without a hitch.
I took the old mobo AbitTH7 II + CPU 2.1ghz along with it's 512MB Ram, TDK CDRW, 64MB Ti200 Geforce Card and a Nic card and put it into the old case. This case has a 240watt PS, the previous PS was 500 watts. The 240watt PS is a heavy and high quality PS.
After connecting all of the equipment and turning on the power the hard disk is resetting every second. This hard disk was taken from my old PIII600, I just wanted to boot to a Windows XP disk and do a format/fresh install. Anyone have any ideas? I'm thinking the power supply may be too low. Another thing, the motherboard has a port for primary power and auxillary power direct from the power supply. My current power supply only has the typical power attachment. The previous 500 watt PS has two plugs to attach to the motherboard, primary and auxillary. Do I NEED a power supply that has both for this motherboard? I can't find any information and can't seem to figure out what's wrong. Everything appears to be corrected correctly, I can't even get to a BIOS screen the hard disk keeps resetting over and over. The motherboard, video card, ram, and CPU all work. I just took took them out of a working PC. Any help would be great.
Also, not to sound like a total newb, but on the back of the old Power Supply is a red switch with two settings 230 and 115. It is set to 115. Is this the voltage switch for other countries? I assume so, and that I should keep it at 115.