I nearly gave up trying to figure out what was wrong with my computer. Even Kieran had a go at looking to see what he could find (see picture – YES THE POWER WAS SWITCHED OFF!!)
I got Windows installed earlier, but everytime I started it up, the computer would shut down on me before I could do anything.
It then occured to me – I’ve just added a new 200Gb drive, and recently I’ve been getting a message saying that not enough power was getting through to my GeForce 6600GT.
First, I disconnected the DVD drive and started the computer… It worked fine.
I then reconnected the DVD drive and restarted the computer – it crashed on me again.
I disconnected one of my hard-drives and restarted – it worked fine without crashing.
ITS THE BLOODY PSU – Obviously it’s not powerful enough. Its only a 350w PSU, so I’ve opted for a 550W PSU from Novatech. That should arrive Friday hopefully. In the meantime after disconnecting the internal DVD drive, I’m currently using my Laptops DVD drive as a shared network drive which I can access wirelessly from my desktop PC – ingenious!!!
