okay heres the situation;
specs:
300W PSU (came standard with case)
Syntax Skt A Mobo
166mhz fsb - Athlon XP 2800+
1x 512mb DDR
ATI Radeon 9600 256mb AGP4
Modded Case with Cold Cathode Tubes
Firewire 800
6x USB2
2 HDD, 1x 40Gb Maxtor, 1x 160gb WD
FDD
2 CD/DVD, 1x NEC DVD-RW, 1x IDE DVD-ROM
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After installing some 400mhz 512mb RAM into my motherboard which supports 133mhz (I guess it underclocked itself) now my as the first screen loads up; the one which says 512mb, AMD Athlon XP 2800+, list the hdd (you know the screen im talking about) well as it loads this screen, more often than not it freezes and I am unable to accesss the bios or anything else, it then takes several restarts to get past that.
When running windows during the loading process, it often just restarts itself (no blue screen or anything).
Why is this happening.
I have two Ideas personally,
1) is my PSU not powerful enough 300watts seems to me a bit on the below average wattage. I thought maybe since installing my RAM that it possibley requires slightly more power now. Ive had to reduce my AGP4x graphics card to 2x, had to underclock my CPU even more so now it runs at 133mhz and is detected as being an 2200+ instead of 2800+, and there are many other settings I had to reduce in the bios to get my pc past the loading stage.
2) my second thought was that maybe the RAM is making my computer play up, although I am not sure why this would be.
if it is my PSU, can anyone recommend me a good one to purchase and suggest a reasonable wattage for this. I need it to be cheap but good.
Thanks!
specs:
300W PSU (came standard with case)
Syntax Skt A Mobo
166mhz fsb - Athlon XP 2800+
1x 512mb DDR
ATI Radeon 9600 256mb AGP4
Modded Case with Cold Cathode Tubes
Firewire 800
6x USB2
2 HDD, 1x 40Gb Maxtor, 1x 160gb WD
FDD
2 CD/DVD, 1x NEC DVD-RW, 1x IDE DVD-ROM
----
After installing some 400mhz 512mb RAM into my motherboard which supports 133mhz (I guess it underclocked itself) now my as the first screen loads up; the one which says 512mb, AMD Athlon XP 2800+, list the hdd (you know the screen im talking about) well as it loads this screen, more often than not it freezes and I am unable to accesss the bios or anything else, it then takes several restarts to get past that.
When running windows during the loading process, it often just restarts itself (no blue screen or anything).
Why is this happening.
I have two Ideas personally,
1) is my PSU not powerful enough 300watts seems to me a bit on the below average wattage. I thought maybe since installing my RAM that it possibley requires slightly more power now. Ive had to reduce my AGP4x graphics card to 2x, had to underclock my CPU even more so now it runs at 133mhz and is detected as being an 2200+ instead of 2800+, and there are many other settings I had to reduce in the bios to get my pc past the loading stage.
2) my second thought was that maybe the RAM is making my computer play up, although I am not sure why this would be.
if it is my PSU, can anyone recommend me a good one to purchase and suggest a reasonable wattage for this. I need it to be cheap but good.
Thanks!