Ok I installed a simple square window in my case with molding that is suppose to stick to the case permantly. Got some uv reaction rounded cables and fans also dual UV cold cathodes. Seems kool but first thewindow fell out cause of the lame glue, computer didnt even boot up because of the rounded cables. Cold cathodes are fooked, 1 doesnt work and other berly lights up. I managed to get my system to work but the cold cathodes are still fooked and thats 30 bucks wasted. Oh and the window is back in, wish i had a digi cam to show you guys.
you may not be borked your PSU may not have enough juce to run the ccfls and the ide cables have to go a certain way.....
yeah, for duel cold cathodes, 2 x HDD and teh two optical drives, i wouldn't go for less than a 450w PSU, 500 would be a safe bet, teh cold cathodes should tell you their wattage (is that a word?) and i would have thought the rest of ur system would be taking up 300w already. which is mostlikely the cause of ur prob, as for the window, you cant beat mastic!
well I have 4 ccfls, 2 hdds, cdrw, dvdrom, 4 fans, lcd, el wire, plus hardware on a 300 W and never had any problem 450/500W is mostly excessive for a normal comp. go there for wattage and see if you have enough http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13504
Its amazing what ppl think of what psu they need i had for 12 months a 2100+ athlon 2x Hdd's 2x Burners (Dual Burning same cd at same time) 1x dvd and a geforce 4 TI 4200 1 UV Neon 1 white Fluro out of an old scanner (only place i could find a while lite that small) All on a Wait for it a ........ 180W Psu Yes that Is right a 180W Psu And its funny how many weird looks i got at lans when i say im running a 180W psu Yammosk
I just replaced a hard-drive for a business that had a pIII 933 w/cd and 2 harddrives on a 90 watt psu... The brownout condition caused by the underpowering caused the motor controller on the Maxtor 60gb to eventually smoke out. Not good.
At this price I purchased 3 of these 400w Power supplys, I crossed the wires on one accidently with a LED mod gone wrong, so I only have 2 of them, but at only $13.51 including free shipping, you can't realy go wrong. Not name brand, but hey, it only costs $13.51!!!
Yammosk, i want a photo or the specs of yer psu there is no way you could run all that on 180w i had trouble with my 2100+ on a 300w psu and i have less **** than u in my case, i got a 420w Topower psu and all is well
amd 2000xp 80 gig HD 20 gig HD dvd player cdrw 1 Bl00 cc 1 uv cc 1 green cc 1 80mm antec tri led 1 60mm fan for the gf4mx 4x20 lcd works fine with 300 psu. even stuck in a rad 9500 to test for a friend and it worked fine.
80gig Maxtor HDD Seagate HDD DVD-Rom CDRW 3.5 FDD 120mm intake fan 80mm exhaust fan slot cooler exhaust bay cooler with 3x 40mm Evercool fans and one UV CCFL ........all on a 250w generic / Gateway PSU !! And it's all running rock solid stable at the moment!! In my (admittedly limited) experience, I think you'd need a serious amount of kit in your system to justify using a 500w PSU
