Strange issue with restarting

Ross said:

bobkn said:

Ross said:

Really? I was told it is a matter of disconnecting everything from the case ha ha. Could you recommend a power supply?

I have to power:

Foxconn G33MO2
Core 2 Quad 2.4 Q6600
2 x HDD's
2 x DVD drives
Memory Card Reader
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD3650 512mb DDR3
8GB Samsung Ram

and I have been told it has to be a "standard ATX" power supply (I don't even know what connectors I need tbh haha).

Documentation

It looks like a standard ATX12V supply. The Dell support site shows you the available connectors. (For your motherboard, it looks like you need a 24 pin ATX power connector, plus a 4 pin 12V. Those are common.)

I'm not sure what to recommend for a PSU. The calculator at www.newegg.com
offers numbers that strike me as ridiculous, but they may be biased towards cheap PSUs (which list high power numbers).

Here's one that's not cheap:

Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Power Supplies

(650W Corsair, single 12V rail.)

Thanks for the response. I think I will downgrade to my old GFX card until I can get a new PSU (a 3650 HD 256mb). I've had a look for that on ebuyer.com (as I am in the UK) and the nearest to that I could find is this: Corsair 650W TX Series PSU - 120mm Fan, 80+% Efficiency, Single +12V Rail - Ebuyer is it the same?

Cheers,

Ross

Downgrading you graphics card may not be enough. Your absolute best bet in this matter would be to get a new power supply as mentioned by the other posters.


Looking at your system specs, I'd say you need to look for a 650W (or better) PSU with the following connectors:

• 20+4 Pin Motherboard
• 4 Pin CPU Auxilliary (some PSU's have 4+4)
• 4 SATA Connectors
• 6 Pin PCI-Express (You might need 2 of these, depending on your graphics card). Some PSUs have 2 PCI-E power connectors that each have an additional 2 pins for 8 pin conversion.
• 4 Molex "D-Sub" Connectors (Optional if all your drives are SATA)

Ross said:

Oh I'll definitely be getting a new PSU, but I just can't afford it today, thats why I was just going to put my old GFX card back in as a temporary measure (as that had been working perfectly for a year under vista and the issue only appeared after I installed the new GFX card)).

Great! But try not to put off buying the new PSU for too long. As RichC46 mentioned, running with an underspecced PSU can lead to additional problems that are harder (or more expensive) to fix...

As long as its ATX, it will work just fine..

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