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FilthyRaider
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Do I Need More Power?
Thu May 01 2008 10:59 PM
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I've upgraded my Dell (Windows XP) with extra HDD, a DVD writer, better Graphics Card over last few years and all seemed well. Then about a month ago I added extra memory and I started to get small issues.
First it was stuttering in tracks on ITunes as I surfed. Think I have sorted that now in Preferences.
But then I started to get some sound lag in games. Score a goal in PES 6 and the roar of the crowd and commentary took about five seconds to kick in.
I have also had a few unexpected crashes and the dread Blue Screen. Even taking a quick digi photo has led me to find nothing online using the codes on there.
So I downgraded the memory back to the way it was to see if that made a difference, and then today Blue Screen of death and one crash where the machine literally switched off and would not come back on until turned on and off at the wall.
I've updated drivers, reinstalled stuff and tried a few utilities to try to find the issue, but I keep wondering if it is a power problem. Hoping to spend the weekend cleaning up the inside of the PC, and it should give me chance to check out the PSU. It was only when I got the problems and started to look at what it might be I started to realise the extra work the additional bits have put on it.
What I wondered is, has anyone else had a similar problem related to the PSU?
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