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My problem is that my gosh darn computer keeps restarting....ive done a few things to try and fix it like update my geforce and radeon drivers to maybe correct conflicting driver issues that might have been fixed.....swapped out some ram ......disconnectd some usb ports to maybe reduce power being drawn out (random guess) .....awhile back i had a problem when i ran a utility where the value for my VCORE Voltage was either too high or too low...im not sure which one it was because im not sure what the voltage issupposed to be to start with (and i dont remember what the vcore voltage was when i checked)....so im hopeing that a power supply problem cuz it just started doing it again...but i was kinda wondering...is 1) Will a 300 Watt power supply be enough for all that **** below and how can i figure out in the future how much voltage each component in my computer draws. 2) what do i do next if its not the power supply after all the things ive done....and oh ya it restarts at random times and even restarted when i was trying to change a bios setting so i dont think its a driver issue...my main guess is power supply but maybe with the info ive given someone can come up with a better answer
-Windows XP SP2
-Celeron 1.4Ghz
-Soyo-TISU MOBO
-512 MB RAM
-POWERCOLOR R92DV-C3L Radeon 9200 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X
-geforce 2 64MB PCI
-Radeon 128 MB AGP 8X/4X
-SoundBlaster 5.1 Digital Sound Card - 16bit, PCI
-linksys 10/100 NIC PCI
-Western Digital 250GB HD
-Maxtor 40 GB HD
-IOMAGIC DVD Dual layer burner
-Compaq 40X Cdrom Drive
-3 1/2 Floppy drive of power....(just a ordinary floppy drive) :lol:

Hi there and welcome to the forum.

I think you have hit the proverbial "nail on the head". For the kit you are running, personally I think a 300w PSU is woefully under powered.

You can play with the vCore all you like but it won't give you the juice you need to run your rig. Try to borrow another (meatier - 450w) PSU from someone and test it, or if money is no object, you owe it to your PC to upgrade right away

HAHA i feel you man. I have a 200w powersupply running on my system. It sucks, but i have a lot more power in mine. Im not sure if thats the problem, mine doesnt power off. Are all your temps running fine??? How long has this been going on for??? I would first definetly borrow a powersupply before going and buying one. Is this a custom built PC or have u upgraded it??

well...i hit a barrier again...after buying a 450 watt power supply i tested it out and found that it stil restarts but only when flash is installed and i go to a site with flash in it like movies.yahoo.com......so i figured maybe there was a virus ....i took all my cards out of my box except my pci geforce 2 64MB card.....got a new hd and installed xp w/ sp2 on that and installed the updated drivers to that from the nvidia site....well i went back to the movies site @ yahoo....and...it restarted again....its goin out the window soon...anyone please....help

Go into your syatem error log and post the message that accompanies these crashes.

did you check if your CPU fan/Heatsink is clogged with dust? your your video card?