Re: How can I tell if my PC has sufficient power from its PSU?

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"Caseem" <caseem2007 (AT) lycos (DOT) com> wrote in message
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I have a home built PC which has an AMD Athlon 3200 processor, 1GB of
RAM, a single IDE hard disk, a Radeon 9600 graphics card, a video
capture card, a USB expansion card, a card for a joypad (with 2 more
USB ports), and an extra NIC (there is also a NIC and a soundcard
onboard on the motherboard), and 3 DVD ROMs\burners. I noticed that
when I added the last DVD burner, that it did not burn disks correctly
anymore and error checking always failed. I was wondering if this is an
issue with insufficient power for the PC with one component too many. I
have a 500 watt power supply, but it was a cheap one from a budget
manufacturer. How can I tell if it is inadequate power causing the
burning to fail (in both Nero and Plextor tools)? Is there a
downloadable software tool I can use?

Thanks,

Cas

"Jonny" <spamyourself (AT) blackworm (DOT) net> wrote

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Generally speaking, find the +5 and +12V requirements for the vast
majority of the hardware. (These are the most important) Make a sum
column for each voltage leg mentioned. Add 10% for degradation of power
supply. Add 10% for degradation of hardware components. Add 10% for
minor use items like fans and such. Option, add estimated future +5 and
+12V needed for any future add-ons. Don't forget peak amperage for +12V
for hard drives in the total. Find a power supply that can provide both
+5 and +12V amperage delivery of both. Ignore the total wattage rating of
the power supply.
--
Jonny

Cas:
The chances that the problem you're experiencing with your latest DVD burner
is due to an inadequate power supply is next to nil.

If that device does "not burn disks correctly" and all the other components
of your system are functioning properly without problems, then your problem
is with that DVD burner. Perhaps you configured it improperly or it's simply
defective.
Anna

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Re: How can I tell if my PC has sufficient power from its PSU? - 12-14-2006 , 01:58 PM