My PC hangs from time to time, mainly when I'm playing multmedia like audio and movies and while compiling.
But also on the login dialog of my Windows 2000 Pro OS.
System:
Motherboard: AOpen AK73(A)
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1,5GHz 1700+
2 HHD 7200rpm
1 DVD/CD-Rom + 1 CD-R/W
AGP Videocard (Hercules)
512MB SDRAM (2x256)
1 Floppy
PSU: 250W
I've been looking for a solution, but so far no straight forward answer found. For now I think it's the power supply as I noticed that all cases are now sold with a 300W PSU.
I've found the following page to define the amount of power required.
http://www.pcpowerandcooling.com/maxpc/index_cases.htm
But I believe it's a bit extreme if you take the maximum values, cause a 300W wouldn't be able to deliver the required power for a common configuration.
Before I head off to the shop I was hoping that someone here could assure me that this would solve my problems.
Hope someone can help....
But also on the login dialog of my Windows 2000 Pro OS.
System:
Motherboard: AOpen AK73(A)
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1,5GHz 1700+
2 HHD 7200rpm
1 DVD/CD-Rom + 1 CD-R/W
AGP Videocard (Hercules)
512MB SDRAM (2x256)
1 Floppy
PSU: 250W
I've been looking for a solution, but so far no straight forward answer found. For now I think it's the power supply as I noticed that all cases are now sold with a 300W PSU.
I've found the following page to define the amount of power required.
http://www.pcpowerandcooling.com/maxpc/index_cases.htm
But I believe it's a bit extreme if you take the maximum values, cause a 300W wouldn't be able to deliver the required power for a common configuration.
Before I head off to the shop I was hoping that someone here could assure me that this would solve my problems.
Hope someone can help....