Power Supply Unit ~ ~ Enough Watts???

[Guest]

Hi- I need some assistance on a power issues.
I was "told" that my PSU of 250Watts (Pentium4 Ready) does
not deliver enough power for my setup - and also that some of
the installed drives might crash due to "under rated PSU".

Is this correct?
I had the new Power Supply replaced only a year ago.
Tks for any helpful input

Twanny
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My system is a:
Pentium III Intel 651Mhz - Via Motherboard
Installed Drives:
HDD 80Gb Master
HDD 20Gb Slave
DVD R+W Pioneer
DVR R Sony
Graphics Card is a modest 8Mb ATI RagePro3D
A Network Ethernet Card
Cable Internet Modem
Windows XP Pro SP3

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Power supply wattage calculator
http://www.adecy.com/psu/

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
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| Hi- I need some assistance on a power issues.
| I was "told" that my PSU of 250Watts (Pentium4 Ready) does
| not deliver enough power for my setup - and also that some of
| the installed drives might crash due to "under rated PSU".
|
| Is this correct?
| I had the new Power Supply replaced only a year ago.
| Tks for any helpful input
|
| Twanny
| ---------------------------------
| My system is a:
| Pentium III Intel 651Mhz - Via Motherboard
| Installed Drives:
| HDD 80Gb Master
| HDD 20Gb Slave
| DVD R+W Pioneer
| DVR R Sony
| Graphics Card is a modest 8Mb ATI RagePro3D
| A Network Ethernet Card
| Cable Internet Modem
| Windows XP Pro SP3
| --
| Twanny

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Also,

XP does not have a SP3. SP2 was just released this past fall. Microsoft
had stated that there would not be a SP3 for XP.

 

[Guest]

Oops! Thousand Apologies - typo ERROR

Also,

XP does not have a SP3. SP2 was just released this past fall. Microsoft
had stated that there would not be a SP3 for XP.

 

[Ken Blake]

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Hi- I need some assistance on a power issues.
I was "told" that my PSU of 250Watts (Pentium4 Ready) does
not deliver enough power for my setup - and also that some of
the installed drives might crash due to "under rated PSU".

Is this correct?
I had the new Power Supply replaced only a year ago.

If you've been running with this configuration for a year, it
clearly works, and there's nothing to worry about.

 

[Plato]

Hi- I need some assistance on a power issues.
I was "told" that my PSU of 250Watts (Pentium4 Ready) does
not deliver enough power for my setup - and also that some of

Who told you that? What exact problem are you having with your PC?

 

[Guest]

Who told you that? What exact problem are you having with your PC?

 

[Unknown]

250 watts is more than enough for any average home computer. Emphasis on 'more
than enough'.

 

[Plato]

Again, who told you that 250 "does not deliver"? That's the point.