Hi folks,
Apologies for me possibly asknig the obvious here, but I think its best before going out and purchasing more good to kits my machine out.
I have just assembled a new piece of kit, which when I boot up switches off after about 4 seconds and then back on after 3 or 4 seconds. With no clear activity on my monitor. Occationally I do get activity on the monitor and goes into my install windows process, however usually hangs in process.
I am sure its my PSU as I only have a 425W. But I would like to get some ideas incase anything else might be causing the problems (specs listed below).
Abit IP 35 Mobo
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
nVidia 8800GTX
4GB GeiL DDR2 800mhz
1 500GB Sata plugged in (2 not)
1 Sony 8x DVD Burner
Can someone tell me its my PSU or make any suggestions? Seems like a no brainer 420W is not enough, but just wanted to confirm thats what is causing the issues.
Thanx in advance folks
UPDATE: I have tried the 425W PSU in my older machine with the 8800GTX and works fine. Old sys specs
AMD Athlon64 3500+
2GB DDR 400
500GB SATAII HDD
8800GTX
Does the Intel CPU + Abit board seep that much more power than the AMD here? (excuse my ignorance if thats a stupid thing to say!)
Please help