Re: AMD Problem

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:16:27 +0100, "John" <vista24wd@iol.ie> wrote:

>Hi,
> My AMD Athlon 1.7 was a bit on the noisey side so I decided to try
>to remidy the problem. I fitted an Artic Copper Silent fan which brought
>runnint temp down to a meagre 38C. However I now realised that the bulk of
>the noise was coming from the PSU (Antec 350w). I decided to change the PSU
>for a 450 low noise version.
>
>I use an Abit KR7A Raid board, with GForce 5 128m Card an 2 Maxtor 60 HDs. I
>bought a Q-TEC 450w dual Fan unit and fitted it to my Windows XP Machine.
>When I tried to boot the machine it shut down after a few seconds. Now when
>I switch it on the fans rune for a moment and the it shuts down. I cannot
>see any obcious cause, all fans are running, and even when I replace the old
>PSU the machine continues to shut down just after pressing the start button.
>HAS ANYONE got any idea what the problem is.
>
> The shop which supplied the PSU says that XP is the problem and that the
>PSU`s wont run under XP. Sounds dodgey to me........its not even getting
>past the bios boot, before shutdown.
>Please help if you can, I am cracking up with this problem.
>John


If they tell you that, SEIZE the moment and demand to return the power
supply for a refund. What they told you, is complete BS of course,
but they are going further in trying to screw you... not only selling
a crap overrated power supply, but now knowing it's not working, they
just try to blame the Operating System, as if their obligation is
null. The power supply is junk, not as good as the Antec, maybe worth
$20 if you don't mind risking frying your system components. If the
Antec is too loud then buy a $3 fan and replace the fan... just be
sure to use a quality ball-bearing fan, to minimize the potential for
fan failure.

Having written this much, the problem prompting this thread could
easily be a fan RPM sensor issue as another poster already suggested.


Dave