Burnt our Power?

[Julius]

Hey I have an old E-Machines T2080 sitting in my garage and I don't use it because I think something is wrong with the power supply. I can power it on and it will stay on for a while then next thing you know it shuts itself off. A Strange thing I noticed when I switched the power plug for it , it would stay on longer. So I know it has to be the power supply. To get everyone familiar with the computer I pasted the specs right from the emachines site below.


CPU Fan Type: CPU FAN SOCKET 478
Power Supply: PS 250 WATT
CPU: CPU AMD ATHLON XP 2000
MB: MB L7VMM
Memory: Mem, DDR-RAM 512MB (Max. 2GB)
Video: Video, Integrated
Prim CD Model: CDRW GCE-8320B/TG9 (1.02/4)
Secondary CD: DVD ROM SD-616T/TG9
HDD: HDD 80 GB 100125
FDD Model: FDD SFD-321B/MTIC
Bezel: Bezel Graphite/Platinum Nexgen with Power Button

How can I find a nice powerful power supply that will fit this computer. Hence I plan to take out the modem and disable all internet features and use the computer for music purposes as recording.


Thanks all for your help.

 

[Ice Czar]

well its very likely you need an older ATX12V v1.2 or v1.3 compliant supply
(you can verify that by looking at the mobo, if there us just the 20 pin main Power connector and no extra 4 pin auxillary connector, you do)

problem is that most sites dont specifically list what spec a supply meets
and PSU with dual +12V rails (+12V1 \ +12V2) will be ATX12V v2.0 and you really dont want it

supplies that have a greater proportion of amps devoted to the +3.3V & +5V rails than the +12V rail are what your after
older mobos\CPUs (and AGP cards) being powered off the +5V rail, newer mobos\CPUs being powered off the +12V

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like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104988 $21
if you want to link others your considering I'll review them

 

[Julius]

wow nice 21 dollars and stable? I can get this now lol

 

[Ice Czar]

more than enough for your config, but do verify there isnt the extra 4 pin connector on the mobo
AMD CPUs can go either way, Intels split on P3 +5V, P4 +12V

 

[Julius]

ok what if Im going to max the ram to 2GB , will this power supply still be stable?

 

[Julius]

Hey I was also thinking of upping the processor speed as the ram speed, so if i put

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116141

Hence the processor is socket 478 just like the one I have in now, This new one will work? So hence im trying to up the processor speed and the ram speed, would I need a stronger power supply?