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DaFunkyUnit
03-24-2002, 12:06 AM
my bro's computer has a tendancy to reboot whenever it wants to. then it tells me that its below threshold voltage (reading 2.9, which is below the 3.0 V point)

after i installed another stick of sdram, it just made the pc more unstable

how do i keep my pc at consistent voltage levels? or should i just disable hardware monitor?

systems specs:

amd athlon 1.0 ghz
asus a7a 266
128mb sdram (for now...)
geforce2 mmx
creative 52x cd-rom
maxtor 40gb
sb live!
intel NIC

thanks for any help,

-daUnit :)
OC
03-24-2002, 12:12 AM
Maybe the power supply is too weak.

-OC
DaFunkyUnit
03-24-2002, 12:22 AM
its a 300 W power supply. i cant remember the name of the brand of power supply, but 300 W should be able to keep the machine happy shouldnt it?
Bvalkor
03-24-2002, 09:21 AM
its a 300 W power supply. i cant remember the name of the brand of power supply, but 300 W should be able to keep the machine happy shouldnt it?

I have the same problem. What I found out is that you cannot go by just a wattage value for a power supply. A high quality power supply does a much better job at preventing dips in voltage. Looking around the net most people agree that Antec and Enermax are some of the best power supplies.
sbp
03-24-2002, 09:49 AM
I use a 400 watt Antec PP412X for my main system. :thumb:
LPMiller
03-24-2002, 02:08 PM
Originally posted by DaFunkyUnit
its a 300 W power supply. i cant remember the name of the brand of power supply, but 300 W should be able to keep the machine happy shouldnt it?

nah, not really, not if the PS is dying. Even a quality one that is giving up the ghost will dip and spike. PS are finicky beasts at best, but the more you spend, the better they tend to be.
Nanotech9
03-24-2002, 07:13 PM
yeah - try another PW supply and try it (pull one out of a friends syster to test it).

and, if its still doing that, try using a UPS (battery backup) on it. They "condition" the line, keep voltages up, and reduce line spikes.
DaFunkyUnit
03-28-2002, 10:11 PM
thanks for the tips people.

i just said "Screw this" and disabled the voltage monitoring.

oh, and I don't usually take advantage of my friends' sisters like that. ;)
DaFunkyUnit
03-28-2002, 10:14 PM
on a related note, my comp doesnt boot up immediately. I mean, it does boot up, but only after being fed some initial power for a coupla minutes (its in "soft-off" mode). But it just wont cold-boot in the morning when i turn the sucka on. Is that how the asus board supposed to behave?