Is 430w PSU enough?

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AMD X2 dual core 4200Asus M2N SLI 8meg ramGforce 1meg (no extra power plug)2Hdd's 2CD's 1Floppyjust put this system  together, not a super gaming system, just a nicebeater for general purpose.Seems like the new Thermaltake TR2 430w PSU die's down (slower RPMjust for a second or 2) at in the initial power on boot, then the VGAkicks in & displays boot screen.Windows XP trys to load then BSOD.Not enough power? the specs say it will handle dual core processors onthe box.just an FYI The CMOS reportsCPU temp 10/11 deg cMB temp  13/14 deg cwhat give's?The OS on the HDD's from the previous MB AMD  1.2 CPU was standard WinXP SP3 home.Does the new dual core need 64bit OS?It boots to a floppy dos prompt no problemo.Dont tell me, I'm gonna have to buy Win 7?Thx--~g~

Garlicdude · Accepted Answer

Not a computer guru at all, but the 8 megs of memory seem way to small,did you mean 8 gig?Best,Steve

cncmillgil · Answer

gig meg hertz whateverI'm not a geek squad dude either. But being around this stuff , yakinda pick it up (f-up & learn to fix).One of those hobby's I like to "tinker" with.Hey ! Lets over clock the CPU till she blows! :-)Its like taking a 6" wide 1/4 in deep cut in 4140- push it till itstalls. Thats the max speed. Dont go any faster than that.--~g~

bad · Answer

Are you trying to use the operating system on a hard drive that came from your old system? If you are that is most likely the problem. There are system files on the old HDD specific to the old motherboard that are not right for the new motherboard Making it necessary to do a new install of Windows.

cncmillgil · Answer

Ya there's something left over from the old system config on the HDD's that won't let it boot. BSOD before the windoze logo appears. It boots to a system floppy though. All drives are recognized- CMOS recognizes the correct CPU ram ect. Problem being all I have are windows upgrade CD's that wont run from dos command line. Grrrrrrrr

-- ~g~

William Colls · Answer

Sorry for late entry into this conversation.did you get a CD with the motherboard? If so, try installing the drivers from that, and then reboot.

cncmillgil · Answer

Turns out I had multiple problems:1) some type of grounding / short curcut issue? no allowing the PSU tokick in & power the HDD's/boot or anything - just black screen withPSU running.Giggling & reseting ram / boards ect that got solved (dont know how but it works) &was able to boot toCMOS & setup2) windows has some info of the previous MB CPU combothat will NOT allow it to load from the transplanted HDD'sthus BSOD (blue screen of death)fixed by doing a fresh install of XP (setting CMOS to boot from CD)There's probably a simpler way to do it, with the "right" software ona boot able CD?Anyhoot its working, as I'm typing.Dude : I'm now in the 20th century - Dual core processor- wow!What are they up to now 7cores?--~g~

Kelly D. Grills · Answer

* cncmillgil :Just updated the O.S. on my backup name / dhcp / mail server:FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Mar 11 09:01:29 CST 2011     i386Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (333.06-MHz 686-class CPU)  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x650  Family = 6  Model = 5  Stepping = 0  Features=0x183f9ffreal memory  = 67108864 (64 MB)

Kelly D. Grills · Answer

* Kelly D. Grills :Oh, & it only took ~16 hours to compile (eek!):[root@srv1]~ $ head -8 ~/mw.outScript started on Thu Mar 10 12:09:10 2011srv1# cd /usr/srcsrv1# make buildworld------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[root@srv1]~ $ tail -8 ~/mw.out----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------srv1# exitexitScript done on Fri Mar 11 06:46:12 2011[root@srv1]~ $

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