Compaq Presario 6320us BOOT HELP!!!

Here is a picture of the inside.
This picture is sideways, needs to be rotated 90 degrees clockwise

Ignore the hard drive hanging out

 

is your psu a stock unit? because if it is, swap it out for a higher watt one. also, swap out the flat ide cables for rounded ones. that will get better airflow inside.

 

Agreed. That PSU doesn't look very powerful. Adding hard drives can cause big issues with naff power supplies.

 

The PSU is stock and about the cables, it is my friends so I'll ask him if he wants to change out the cables, I don't think he'll want to. The processor inside is an AMD XP, it doesn't get that hot anyways.

 

you need to swap out the psu, asap. using a stock one, while powering multiple hd's, cd/dvd drives, and a graphics card will result in a damage system later on. and don't get the cheapest psu you find. spend the money on a quality unit; maybe a modular one so it's not cluttered inside.

 

I'll ask him. It is a 200W PSU though. This site say's I'll need 194W.
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine
It's on maybe 3-4 hrs for the most. Is that too long?

 

that's pushing it, possibly underpowered. a 350w or higher will work. having a overkill psu is ok, because you'll have stable power and some, for other components.

 

There is no space for a fan in between the front bezel and hard drives, the front is built in a way so that there is about 1/2 cm clearance between the two. As for another fan, there is space inside the case under the hard drives but that wouldn't be helping the hard drives. There is space though to mount it under the hard drive blowing air on the bottom hard drive but that would also be pushing it since the screws to that would most likely be touching the PCB of the hard drive.