Strange issue with restarting

[Ross]

Hi guys,

I'm having a slight issue with my PC at the moment. I sometimes click restart or let a program restart the PC, it shuts down but then as it restarts it doesn't show the bios screen, nor does it make the beep. The screen says black but the power button is glowing blue. I end up having to press the power button to switch it off and then press it again to start it again (sometimes it just goes to a black screen and doesn't show the bios screen). Sometimes this doesn't work, so I end up pressing the power button to switch it off and then switch it off on the wall and switch it on again then press the power button and then it starts fine.

Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this / fix it?

My PC Specs are below.

Cheers,

Ross

 

[Tews]

Your power supply is way underpowered for everything you are running... I would upgrade it to at least 650 watts.

 

[richc46]

Your power supply is way underpowered for everything you are running... I would upgrade it to at least 650 watts.

With that PS, I would imagine you can even do damage to your computer.

 

[Ross]

Oh damn. Is it easy to change a power supply? Also how would I know if a new power supply had the correct connections (sorry if that is a stupid question, but when it comes to changing things, the only thing I can changes is HDD's, Ram and GFX cards).

 

[Tews]

Replacing a power supply is a matter of 4 screws and re-attaching the connectors... easy peasy...

 

[Ross]

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).

 

[PC WhizzKid]

I would say you need to have at least 650watt power supply. It is shouldn't be too hard to do, because most connections are labelled nowadays.

 

[Jacee]

I have this one Rocketfish™ - 700-Watt ATX CPU Power Supply - RF-700WPS2
All instructions are in the booklet that comes with it.

 

[bobkn]

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.)

 

[Ross]

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

 

[Dzomlija]

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]

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)).

 

[Dzomlija]

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...

 

[Ross]

I'll only be putting it off for a couple of weeks until I can afford it Looking at the details you posted, as long as this PSU Corsair 650W TX Series PSU - 120mm Fan, 80+% Efficiency, Single +12V Rail - Ebuyer is Standard ATX, it should be ok, shouldn't it.

 

[Tews]

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

 

[Ross]

Sweet! Thanks very much for all the help, it's very much appreciated

 

[Tews]

You're welcome... we live but to serve..

 

[bobkn]

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

It's the same. Looks like it doesn't even need a switch to change between the mains voltages in the UK vs. the USA.

I'm confused - what is the graphics card situation? Are you downgrading from a 512MB 3650 to a 256MB 3650?

 

[Ross]

That's correct as I didn't have any of these issues until I upgraded the card. The 256mb one was the one that dell supplied with the PC.