Hardware problem

[Dark Agent]

My Pc is down....
Here's the problem

Pc Restarts after a while without any warnings...

Sometimes shows this error
Page fault in non page error or win32k.sys error

I Flash the HDD and clean install Xp but same error

Is it the Power Supply?...

Edit: My PC temp is normal

 

[LazyLion]

run a memory check/diagnostic

 

[Dark Agent]

Done, still going off..... and show error above.
I suspect its the power supply...
Must I give a shot?

 

[LazyLion]

what did you use for the memory test?

It could be the power supply. What is the wattage and how old is it?

 

[|tera|]

Could be PSU, but could also be RAM or a failing hard drive. Sorry to sound so silly, but you've got a bit of troubleshooting ahead of you.

 

[Dark Agent]

what did you use for the memory test?

It could be the power supply. What is the wattage and how old is it?

300Watts and 3years old

Here the PC ...
1 gig ram
6600 geforce 256mb
celeron 2.66
DVD-rom
and 160gig HDD

worked fine for a year until ESkom power cut happen

 

[Dark Agent]

Could be PSU, but could also be RAM or a failing hard drive. Sorry to sound so silly, but you've got a bit of troubleshooting ahead of you.

Me tested RAm already... could not really test the Motherboard and processor

 

[Dark Agent]

k, I tested the power box(PSU) by changing the power supply from HDD , GRaphic card and Dvd
It goes off after it test ram.... sometime before , sometime while loading...
so It 99% the PSu

so Is this R199 PSU good http://www.matrixonlineshop.co.za/i...id=26&osCsid=4b56991be2ebc1ed4ad9804ce9bca72c

 

[|tera|]

k, I tested the power box(PSU) by changing the power supply from HDD , GRaphic card and Dvd
It goes off after it test ram.... sometime before , sometime while loading...
so It 99% the PSu

so Is this R199 PSU good http://www.matrixonlineshop.co.za/i...id=26&osCsid=4b56991be2ebc1ed4ad9804ce9bca72c

Don't see a problem with it That's a good price.

 

[LazyLion]

I have bought thousands of PSUs from Matrix (I have an account at their head office) and I have never had a problem with them... other than normal operating life. Any bad uns I got, they swapped out for me no problemo.

 

[Dark Agent]

Don't see a problem with it That's a good price.

Tommorow I'll purchase it and try it.
Will let you know soon if the PSU was the problem

 

[Dark Agent]

I have bought thousands of PSUs from Matrix (I have an account at their head office) and I have never had a problem with them... other than normal operating life. Any bad uns I got, they swapped out for me no problemo.

Thanks, what better for my PC

400watts > R199
500watts > R299

 

[Big Kriss]

Go 500 and you can be assured it will be at least 280 Watt..

 

[LazyLion]

Ja, always go as high as you can... you never know when you are going to add another hard drive or DVD drive.

 

[Nameite]

I brought my bro this for his OC'ed P4 and 7950GT

http://www.zaps.co.za/?pid=2258

I never heard of zika before...but superchannel is a middle classed brand in Taiwan...their 850w modular on the prophecy website has quite the amp power

 

[Dark Agent]

I brought my bro this for his OC'ed P4 and 7950GT

http://www.zaps.co.za/?pid=2258

I never heard of zika before...but superchannel is a middle classed brand in Taiwan...their 850w modular on the prophecy website has quite the amp power

looks great but hard to get and return.
Matrixs is only a KM away from my House.
Incase theres a problem and I can always return.

 

[Nameite]

True I guess

When u get it can u post the amp rating of the psu? I'm interested to find out

 

[Dark Agent]

True I guess

When u get it can u post the amp rating of the psu? I'm interested to find out

Matric also has they own brand for R250, 400Watts not sure about the amp rating

What amp rating must I look for?

 

[Nameite]

Mostly the 12V+ rating (cpu and graphics card uses this), the higher the better

A friend of mine brought this 450w psu with only 10amps on the 12V+...the rest of the watt came from the 48amps on 5V(pci cards and usb devices will never use that much) and 33amps on 3.3V...it blew very quickly

So yeah, higher 12V+ the better

Superchannel 500w has 31amps on 12V+, the 850w modular "claims" to have almost 100amps...
Isonic megapower 500w has 29amps etc
Coolermaster extreme 460w has 36amps (high quality and so more expensive)

Look for the 12V+ for me on the Zika so I can add it to my "cheepo" list

 

[LazyLion]

Matric also has they own brand for R250, 400Watts not sure about the amp rating

What amp rating must I look for?

To be honest I never buy less than 500 watts these days. But for your specs the 400 watt should be fine. For long term upgradeablility though I would get the 500 or 550 watt.

They have an unlimited power supply for about 2 Grand