3dfx Archive - is it my new HDD or what?

Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	is it my new HDD or what? 28.01.07 at 02:36:34 well t'day I bought a new Seagate Barracuda V 120 GB 7200 rpm HDD, I have added it as my Secondary Primary HDD and when it's powered up I get wierd black stripes on my monitor-/ Without that HDD enabled the problems are gone, kinda wierd ya know. So what could be my prroblem? Is my PSU not powerfull enough?
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: is it my new HDD or what? Reply #1 - 28.01.07 at 02:53:24 Might be Try disconnecting all CD/DVD drives and Floppy and see if it helps. If so, try a more powerful PS.
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: is it my new HDD or what? Reply #2 - 28.01.07 at 03:13:36 done that, I disconnected teh 120GB Seagate HDD and all probs were gone heh Ohwell time for a new PSU I guess , since formattig the new HDD with the Voodoo 5 was nor prob, wierd though
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: is it my new HDD or what? Reply #3 - 28.01.07 at 03:47:23 well I kinda fixed the problem now I disconnected one of my case fans and heh no more funny stuff PC's are strange I guess heh
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: is it my new HDD or what? Reply #4 - 28.01.07 at 04:59:02 I'd really look into another power supply ASAP.
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Re: is it my new HDD or what?
Reply #5 - 28.01.07 at 06:29:51

@Obi_Wan - dude, buy a better PSU! Wink

If you are having problems like that NOW - it will be only a matter of time before your PSU gives under the strain! Cry

Write down what you have in your case and use HERE to find out what PSU you need for all the devices... Wink

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

This includes fans and USB external items that draw bus power... Tongue

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Re: is it my new HDD or what?
Reply #6 - 28.01.07 at 12:41:07

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http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

Recommended PSU Wattage: 233 watts

MSI MB, AMD 2000+, 1 gig ram, 1 HD, 2 DVD, 6600GT

The system I use every day doesn't seem to be straining it's 320 watt power supply to bad, lets check out the P4 system next.

Recommended PSU Wattage: 294 watts

Gigiabyte MB, Intel 2.4C, 1 gig ram , 2 HD, 1 DVD/RW, 1 CD/RW.

Following the 85% rule of usage (never run electronics at 100% for long periods of time) I should be ok.

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Re: is it my new HDD or what?
Reply #7 - 31.01.07 at 02:35:56

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@Obi_Wan - dude, buy a better PSU! Wink

If you are having problems like that NOW - it will be only a matter of time before your PSU gives under the strain! Cry

Write down what you have in your case and use HERE to find out what PSU you need for all the devices... Wink

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp

This includes fans and USB external items that draw bus power... Tongue

well thanx for the help Paul I filled in what IU had and the outcome was 273 watts that's with 100% CPU load, so my Enermax EG365VE with max output of 365watts should be sufficiant.

Anyways I have reinstalled Windows 2000 Professional + Service Pack4 with Rollup 1 for Service Pack 4 and now everything is dead stable no funny lockups yet

the 30GB drives seemed to have died, since it was simulating the noises of a Floppydrive Lips Sealed

@ gdonovan

But yeah on the otherhand the PSU I use is very old, it might be usfull replacing thanx for that idea though

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Mansfield Full Member Offline Voodoo 2 SLI - the cheapest and the best SLI Posts: 212 Finland Gender:	Re: is it my new HDD or what? Reply #8 - 31.01.07 at 13:10:43 they says that be quiet! PSUs are the best
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TM30 God Member Offline Posts: 1108 Germany Gender:	Re: is it my new HDD or what? Reply #9 - 31.01.07 at 16:25:19 Its a question of believing... Also good brands are: Enermax Liberty (quiet and cable managment) Seasonic (quiet and really good efficency)
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: is it my new HDD or what? Reply #10 - 01.02.07 at 01:12:13 hmm a Zalman PSU was also on my mind since they are master's of silence cooling
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