Hello,
My Dell Dimension 8300 has 1 GB of RAM, running Win XP Pro, Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz with the factory installed power supply.
I replaced the video card that came with it with a Radeon 9550 (AGP 8x) and things worked fine for several months. Unfortunately now the screen will randomly start displaying 1inch long rectangular boxes composed of vertical lines throughout the screen. It doesn't seem to matter if I am on a web page full of text or if I am on a web page with active content such as Flash. If I give it enough time it almost always starts happening. When I was playing World of Warcraft it got to the point where I couldn't get past the login screen because I couldn't see. I was thinking that it was possibly an overheating problem, but after doing some Googling am wondering if it is the Dell PS. My first video card (a 128mb Radeon of some sort) also did this after 1 1/2 years of use.
I would like to get your opinions on this because I am thinking on trying a new PS from here.
http://www.pcpower.com/products/power_supplies/selector/dell.htm
Thanks,
malaize
My Dell Dimension 8300 has 1 GB of RAM, running Win XP Pro, Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz with the factory installed power supply.
I replaced the video card that came with it with a Radeon 9550 (AGP 8x) and things worked fine for several months. Unfortunately now the screen will randomly start displaying 1inch long rectangular boxes composed of vertical lines throughout the screen. It doesn't seem to matter if I am on a web page full of text or if I am on a web page with active content such as Flash. If I give it enough time it almost always starts happening. When I was playing World of Warcraft it got to the point where I couldn't get past the login screen because I couldn't see. I was thinking that it was possibly an overheating problem, but after doing some Googling am wondering if it is the Dell PS. My first video card (a 128mb Radeon of some sort) also did this after 1 1/2 years of use.
I would like to get your opinions on this because I am thinking on trying a new PS from here.
http://www.pcpower.com/products/power_supplies/selector/dell.htm
Thanks,
malaize