Error msg and not enough psu cables

BenJ · 15 Jan 2007 at 19:56

Hi I have just rebuilt a dell machine with a new Case + Psu (Came with it), CPU and motherboard.

Ive put it all together today along with the existing Ram,hardrive, G/C, dvd drives e.t.c. and everythings fine, it turns on, then after the windows xp splash screen it goes into the blue screen of death saying:

"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damange to your computer"

"Tech info: 0x0000007B (0xF894D524, 0xc0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)"

Also the PSU only has 4 molex connectors, where as i need 8,

1Harddrive (Via converter), 2DVD drives, 1Front light, 2Fans, 2G/c via a pce-i converter.

Is there any way around this?

BenJ · 15 Jan 2007 at 21:01

ok the psu is what came with this case "1 x Casecom KL-188 Black ATX Midi Tower Case with 350W PSU"

The spec of the machine is Core2Duo e6300 + retail heatsink, asrock mirco atx mobo, 512mb of some ram that came with the dell, nvidia 6800, 2 dvd drives e.t.c

So i need to format the hard drive with a fresh install because of the hardware change? if this is the case i guess that is all that is wrong?

BenJ · 15 Jan 2007 at 21:59

ok thats sorted, erm what about the lack of connectors from the psu, i need 8 ^^, also the psu dosent have a pci-e connecter for the G/C but i have a converter, which plugs into the g/c then splits into two, do i need to use two of the psu molex's to power it?

Surely there is some sort of cable that will plug into one and branch into like 5, like a multi tab extension lead type thing?

BenJ · 16 Jan 2007 at 07:31

ok guys keep on topic, im not really bothered about the windows licence, if it works it works, if it dosent it dosent.

I was wondering if i should get the psu out of the dell case and put it in, instead of the psu that came with the new case? which do you think would be better in terms of build quality and power?

BenJ · 16 Jan 2007 at 21:24

I have ordered some Molex splitters, so ill just split a couple and plug more in an see if it can cope with the extra load, tbh its only a couple of small case fans and some light on the front, cant imagine they are that power hungry

BenJ · 18 Jan 2007 at 14:06

Ok all done, everything works fine.

Only question i have now is, when i start up, the normal Windows Xp login screen dosent appear, with the pictures e.t.c, the old style login rather like windows 2000 appears, where you have to type a name and a password e.t.c.

Any ideas why the interface is appearing like this? Im sure there is some simple explanation.

Cheers.