Thread: System Problems

My system spec:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0 GHz
ASROCK K10N78FullHD-hSLI R3.0 Bios Ver: 2.0 (ONBOARD NVIDIA GEFORCE 8200 IN USE)
Corsair TX650 650W PSU
4 X 1GB DDR2 667
Windows XP Media Center x86 SP2
1 X IDE 160GB HDD, 1 X IDE 320GB HDD, 1 X SATA 500GB HDD, 1 X SATA 500GB HDD
1 X IDE NEC ND-4571A DVD-RW (CONNECTED VIA PCI IDE CARD)
1 X PCI IDE CARD
2 X 120CM FANS
1 X EXHAUST FAN

Since installing a new Corsair TX650 650W PSU i have encountered a few problems with my system. I originally had an Nvidia Geforce 8600GT card running, but took it out due to the problems that had developed.
I notice that burning DVD now takes considerably longer (almost 24 mins to write a 1.5GB video at x8) and that either watching video or listening to music whilst the DVD is being burnt is choppy and my laser mouse does not run up to parr.

I know Corsair is a reliable brand and I was assured that the 650W would run my spec. I removed my 8600GT completely, not replaced it, and removed and reseated all my ram. still problems! occasionally my system will freeze too. I also noticed that if i connected the floppy connector on the PSU to my floppy drive my system would not start at all

I have the option to set Multiplier/Voltage Change to Auto or Manual in the bios. It is currently set to auto by default, I am not sure if this could be an issue?

Latest firmware is installed on all applicable.

With regards to the DVD-RW drive, the jumper is set to cable select, it is the only device connected to my PCI IDE card.

Many thanks.

Sounds like a PWS problem (HINT-HINT) when u plug in floppy drive, it quits well try unplugging everything, that u don’t need, like fans, cd-rom, floppy, any usb devices, and remove all pci cards, except vid... then try booting and see if it works better.

I bet it’s your power sup. your killing it some how draining it try taking motherboard out of case, and plug one thing at a time, and boot it each time, and see what is using all your power.

hope this helps.

Power Supply is definitely capable; I run more off my 600W OCZ.

Assuming the PSU is not faulty, it'll be (as above) likely a single device is broken and draining excessive power. It'll be hard to find which.

If these problems existed on your old supply, then something is wrong. If it's ONLY on the new one, then I'd buy another supply, try it, and if that solves it then return the Corsar. 650W should be more than enough.