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T180985

T180985

T180985

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heres a pic from speedfan showing voltages etc, my pc randomly crashes when i load games and i just wondered if it looks as if its because my psu isnt up to the job and cant keep up with the demand put on it?

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What's your machine's spec and what are the rated currents for the PSU? To find the PSU's rating it should be on a sticker on the side of the PSU itself. Take a photo if you can.
 
ummm pc spec not sure as its quite old now, i think its the following

Pentium 4 3.4ghz Prescott Core
4x 256mb sticks of pc3200 ram (generic stuff)
1x 160Gb Hdd
3x 80Gb Hdd in Raid0
Ati Radeon 9550
1x DVD Drive
1x DVD writer

psu i cant see a sticker on but i believe its a generic make 500w psu so i would be ver supprised if its anywhere near 500w, if theres anything else u need to kno let me know
 
Well with a Prescott and 3 hard drives it's possible that you're gettin' close to the PSU's limit.

Run two instances of SuperPi 1M and take a screenshot of speedfan while it's running. Voltages while under load are more telling than voltages at idle.
 
T180985 said:
4 Hdds :eek: lol bit of a noob q but where can i get SuperPi 1M from?
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Whoops :o

SuperPi is benchmarking tool that calculates a specified number of digits of Pi. Download it here

Set it to calculate 1 million digits and run two of those simultaneously. It'll bring your CPU load to 100%.

EDIT: It'll take a minute or two to run on a machine like yours.
 
hmmm well it wont let me run two at a time one of them just comes up with an error but with one running and my cpu at just over 50% there is very little change to voltage only 0.02v at the most
 
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