Hello everybody,

I just installed a new AMD Athlon X2 6400+ AM2 cpu, and most of the time it works fine, however I get random crashes at random times, mostly under high loads. Under stress, the cpu temperature does not go above 40oC. The crashes include the program just crashing (Half life 2 DM), random computer restarts with no errors, and the occasional blue screen of death.

I have used the program orthos to stress test my cpu. I ran it for an hour with 0 errors and 0 warnings.

My guess is that the PSU isn't powerful enough to handle everything. I am getting random errors, most commonly when the cpu is under high stress... and requires the largest power demands, and when the HD's, and video cards are being taxes as well. I detached my 750 GB SATA drive to see if it made a different, and it did not.

What does everybody else think?

Thanks a lot for your time,

My Specs are:
Mobo: TForce AM2
Memory: 2 GBs (2 sticks of ddr2)
Hard Drives: One Seagate 60GB IDE, one 200GB Western Digital, and one 750 GB SATA
Video Card: ATI Radeon x850xt
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live!
CD Burner: BenQ Burn Proof
PSU: 400W

-Diazigy

Well 400Watts is a bit small.How old is the power supply.What cpu did you have before?

My guess is that is probably the power supply as well. I recommend getting this one.
Antec Truepower Trio 550watt ATX12V PSU

Before I had a an AMD Athlon 64 3200+, and the power supply is no more than two years old.

-Diazigy

Why not run thru this: http://www.pchelpforum.com/pc-hardwa...alculator.html to be sure you've got the "juice"

i did that already. i assumed he had 2 120mm fans, at least 3 USB devices, 2Hdds, and 2 RAM modules, and it came out (using another calculator) to 370watts. which is pretty close to the limit. im thinking the 12V rail is being overloaded.