Is it a problem with my PSU?

My rig:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 939(Venice Core)
MSI-RS480M2 motherboard with onboard ATi Radeon Xpress 200G
XFX 8600GT XXX edition
Samsung Samtron 55V 15-inch CRT
Moser Baer DH-20A1P
Samsung Combo drive SM-352B
Vintron Keyboard
Logitech mouse
Sony FDD
Techcom 350W power supply

My problem is, when I'm playing a game, usually the resource hungry ones, after about half an hour or 45 mins, the system hangs and there is no way to come out of it, except for a hardboot. I had planned to buy a 500W power supply in case my system didn't boot when I installed the gfx card. Since it works just fine on no load and on linux with compiz-fusion running, I dropped the idea. The graphics card was installed following the step-by-step instructions given in the manual. So, my onboard ATi was disabled before inserting the card.

One more doubt is, what will happend to the PSU or the other components in case I continue using the same PSU? Though, I have a fair chance that I'll change the PSU, I just want to know. BTW, no computer dealer is ready to take this PSU. So, what will I do with this?

H

Definitely your PSU.
Get Zebronics 500Watt

How much might it cost? I need to buy the PSU and a couple of games like Crysis(I know it runs at low settings, I don't care

) and COD 4

H

500watt normal edition will cost Rs 700.
500 Watt Platinum will cost Rs 1500.

Awesome! I think I can easily afford that. Thanks for the sugggestion Harvik *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/1.gif

^^ Get the Normal one.. we get it for 600 bucks here and works good.

But Platinum edition worth the price & mental peace

Also Future proff.

@topgear-I'll be moving to quadcore in around 2 years time. So, I might need a 1KW PSU *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/10.gif

BTW, why doesn't the card refuse to work @ 350W though that's the min. required?

H

The PSU is overrated.Most psus in India are overrated.

Guys, please answer my other questions.

H

^^I couldn't get it.

phreak0ut said:
BTW, why doesn't the card refuse to work @ 350W though that's the min. required?

It actually gets enough load for small tasks, but as your calculations increase (during games, rendering and such), it fails to acquire additional power (Which even the commanding CPU starts demanding) and panics. This is just my interpretation though.

^^^ wat u said is just right.when i bot my 8800GTS i didnt hav a good enuf psu to handle it.so wat i did was to run the gfx card from my Zebby 400w and my system from a HP 250w psu.the system ran ok,but the moment i started to play a game the Zebby 400w psu just blew off.

@phreakOut for ur pc a Zebby 400w wud be enuf.

H

^^That's because powering the GFX with another PSU does not decrease the power consumption on the 12V rails.

Thanks for the info guys

Hey guys, need help again. I bought 450W PSU, but the problem still exists. COD 4 hangs while playing. One thing I observed is the CPU temperature goes high as 62 C. Is it because of that?

can be, do this play the same game with cabinet open and chk if it hangs

S

@phreakOut, I am also facing similar problem... My rig has C2D E4400, XFX n650i Ultra, Leadtek 7600GS gfx, and 2 GB RAM with 500W Zebronics normal SMPS...

Also, once it hangs during a game, the computer continues to crash even when doing regular stuff (sometimes even when logging it)... Only after leaving it for a few days without usage does it get back to normal... Are you facing similar problem too?

Arun

@zyberboy-My cabinet is open from the day I installed my gfx card. That's not even a month back.

@sakumar-My problem is, if it hangs, that's it. Hardboot is the solution. Once I reboot, there is no problem with other applications.

Guys u need to update every possible driver and also BIOS if the newer version is available!
This is the common problem that occurs most of the time and most of them are sorted out by the drivers update!

I've updated my BIOS and the driver is the one which I got with Digit DVD. It's 163.xx version. Downloading 169 now.