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Help!!!

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OnAcid

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Well this is my first post ever anywhere so here goes. Just built my first PC with a friend. I bought everything new except for the PSU which came with the case which brings me to my problem. whenever i try to load a graphics intensive game ( doom3, Battlefield 1942) my computer restarts. Previously my computer hanged often and occasionally restarted so i disconected cd/rw drive and it runs way better now. Now i have done some research and it probrably is the PSU but i really don't want to have to put a new one in after all the work i just went through. I would appreciate any feedback related to possible alternatives and or good power supplies to purchase if need be. This system flys and i really want to see its potential. Thanx!!!!!

System specs
P4 2.8 ghz
1.5 g corsair PC 3200 ram
160 gb Seagate hardrive
ATI radeon 9800 pro
MSI 865PE Neo2-p motherboard
3 80mm fans
1 pci exhaust

Also as a side note my roomate is beta testing World of Warcraft and that game rocks!!! Its better than the reviews say it is. trust me i know, they don't call it World of Warcrack for nothing, its that addictive
 
Well i replaced the power supply with a new antec 400w PSU. Still same problem. is it a driver conflict, the card maybe even a bios setting? any help would really be appreciated
 
so you ran the numbers and got a PSU that actually supplys the right amps per rail for the components you have

what was the safety margin you built in?

assuming you actually did rule out the PSU as the cause, and are still experiencing crashes (even with the drives detached)
Id say the next leading suspect is the thermal solution

I assume you have reloaded the drivers
 
WEll i didn't exactly cache what you meant by the amps per rail. ( A little beyond me) but i did ask the guy at best buy and he said it would run fine. I still use my computer without the Cd/rw attached. But now i am hearing some crazy stuff about radeon 9800 pro. I think this is actually the culprit. I have read things online such as poor mounting of the heatsink on the card itself to increasing the voltage to 1.6. It seems many people have had the same problem i have but with no real definitve solution. heat isn't the problem because i tried to run the games with the side panel off and a box fan blowing into the comp. maybe i should have waited for the NVIDIA 6600.
 
it also restarted when i ran dxdiag in the run command. i am emailing the ATI people and hopefully they can do something fo me
 
ands here another interesting tidbit that really has me worried. My roomate was sending me files via Aol IM and it restarted then. Maybe i have a bigger problem than i thought
 
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