hello there and merry christmas to you all!
I have quite an old machine, and have recently added a new sata 300gb hd, and a Sound Blaster X-FI, this wasnt a problem until recently when i burned a few discs and the sound dissapeared, and sometimes it would even be active in windows but tell me no audio devices available in games, my pc has also been quite unstable, where as before it wasnt at all.
this got me thinking because before i had less hard drives, and also i had an old sound blaster live, which i expect would use less power? though i could be wrong i spose, any suggestions/ideas greatly appreciated
old specs to follow
CRAPPY XP PRO SP2 (no i dont like it, but 2k doesnt like some new games :< )
Hiper Power PSU 525Watts
ABIT IC7-G
Intel P4 3.2GHZ 1mb cache
2GB Corsair VS (4x512mb if it matters?)
XFX Geforce 6800GT 256mb Card (more greedy than a GF7 im told! lol)
SB X-FI (Brand New)
NEC DVDR 12x i think
PIONEER 8X A07? (crappy old)
300GB Maxtor (boot) IDE
250GB Seagate (random dump) IDE
300GB SATA (Brand New)
2x Coolermaster cooldrive v4 bays
1x Icybox/dock?
crappy usb addin thingy
USB Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner,Camera, Phonecharger
not all in use at the same time though, obviously
P.S.
if anyone can tell me an easy way to find out how much power is in use on my pc either with a progam or a site perhaps? this would also be appreciated
as upto now i have no way of knowing.
regards
Stavr0s