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8th Jun 2009, 12:22
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| Hello everyone. This is my first post. Thanks, in advance, for reading. Last week my desktop refused to start up. My laptop went the day after! I took them to a shop in town and asked for a diagnosis. Next day I got a message telling me the computers were fixed. I was a bit annoyed cos I'd only asked for a diagnosis but hey ho. The PSU on the desktop had been replaced. Now, when I plugged in and switched on, the fan started but there was no output at all from the graphics card. I phoned the guy and he told me that there had been some problem with the hard drives. So I unplugged one and it worked. Then I swapped over, and it worked. So one hard drive at a time is Ok. My question is, do I need a more powerful PSU? Here are the rough specs: AMD dual core processor. Nvidia 8500 gt graphics card. SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum. One 160gb SATA hard drive. One 60gb ATA (I think... an older type of hard drive). DVD rewriter. 1gb ram. He took out the fried 400w psu and replaced it with a cheap looking 300w psu. The two hard drives worked perfectly well together before the psu went. I am tempted to buy a good quality 400w psu and put it in myself. Is this a good idea? All input will be gratefully received. Thanks for reading! Jim |
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8th Jun 2009, 14:29
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| It's certainly the first thing you can do, no guarantee to be the last. If he put in a cheap PSU then that might be the problem.
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8th Jun 2009, 15:10
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| Yes it would certainly be one course of action. I'll give it a go. To be honest, I'd have done it already if the laptop hadn't gone down at the same time. I'd like to get more familiar with the working of computers so I don;t have to rely on others. Anyhow, I hope it works. I can't understand why the two hard drives won't work together anymore. The only thing that's changed is the psu. Cheers! |
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9th Jun 2009, 07:45
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| 2 hard drives draw more power than 1, maybe the extra hard drive is just to much for the crappy psu to handle? only a suggestion mind you. |
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9th Jun 2009, 09:12
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| Hi Yes that is what I'm thinking. He told me I was mistaken but I'm not terribly impressed with him. When I took the PC in I asked him for a diagnosis, to see what was wrong. Then he stuck this 300w Jeantech psu in there without checking it with me. Now it sounds like there's a helicopter landing in the office. When I brought it home it wouldn't even boot up cos the two hard drives were both connected. Some service huh. It's working fine at the mo, with one hard drive disconnected. Only with one at a time though. I'll DIY next time. Cheers Jim |
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#6
9th Jun 2009, 12:03
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| your always best of doing it yourself! And if in doubt, come here :-) |
