Re: [vox] Replacement Power Supply Suggestions
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Re: [vox] Replacement Power Supply Suggestions
The vast majority of PIII dual mother boards require 300 Watt power supplies to operate correctly (At least in my humble experiance). I would check the docs for your motherboard to be sure.
-sp
On Thu, 05 July 2001, Geoffrey Herteg wrote:
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> Pat,
> I have a 300W power supply you can try out to see if it resolves your voltage issues. I personally have 300W or better PSs in all my SMP boxen...
>
> -- Geoffrey
>
> begin Patrick B. Lickiss quotation:
> > Recently my computer started freezing for no reason whatsoever. This coincided with the addition of a second processor to my dual P3 motherboard. When I first put the system together, with only one CPU, I would periodically get voltage errors upon boot-up, always, according to the BIOS, with the -5V sensor. WIth only one processor, the error was about .4V (my BIOS has a range of +/- .3V for each lead). Since adding the second processor, the voltage reading has been hovering between -5.8 and -5.9V. This leads me to believe that I have a bad power supply and have had one for quite some time. (if anyone can think of any other reason for these errors, please let me know) Assuming that I do, in fact, have a bad power supply, I'm looking into replacing it. My question is, based on the fact that I have 2 CPU's, each with fans, a DVD drive, most of my expansion slots filled, and a host of case fans, etc. should I put another 250W supply in or upgrade to a 300 or higher?!
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> Thanks for your time, sorry it took so long to ask such a simple question :)
> >
> > Patrick
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