I built a pc with athlon 3200+, 1.5 gigs of ram (3*512), 250gig HDD SATA, DVD-R DL drive, and a 350 Watt PSU, and a Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3. My CPU was always running on the hot side(60+ celcius). Initially i had a 6600gt gfx card and it was working fine. Then i upgraded to the Radeon listed above...Ran a few F.E.A.R. stress tests and my PC shut off and now it wont go back on. Is the problem the Power Supply? From what I've seen 350 Watts isn't sufficient for this setup so thats what i think the problem is. Is there any other possible reason? If it is the PSU, will replacing it be enough or did i mess up the mobo or cpu possibly? PS. If I unplugg the PC and plug it back and hit the power button, I see the computer go on for a split second(neon lights go on real quick) but shuts off right away. Any help will be appreciated.
try another psu & use this link to calculate size of psu plus 30%. http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/Power_Supply_Calculator.php?cmd=INTEL
if your pc still works with your old grfx card in then Id try using a higher powered PSU like a 550w. Otherwise id say its possible that youve fried your processor as if the light come on your mobo should be ok If it does still work id think about investing in a better cooler as 60 degrees is a little warm
Come on [bold]DONT SKIMP ON YOUR PSU[/bold] Get a good make like OCZ or Antec 450w minimuim! If you're lucky there isn't much damage.
try to jump the bios jumpers.clear cmos then put back...probably screwed the bios up....so clear it and try to restart....the jumper is usally next to the battery...there will be three prongs and two of them will have a jumper cap on them...remove the jumper cap and place on the open prong and the one next to it...then put back to the oringinal and then restart.go in bios and reconfig if you have too.if not ,your good to go...peace
