Is my system underpowered?

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Limp Gawd
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Specs in Sig. I found out that when I disconnect my SATA drive, I can actually play Enemy Territory. Before that, it would just crash and reboot. I turned off the option of it rebooting and all it would tell me is that some driver is not working properly. I am guessing that an ANTEC TruePower 430W PS is not enough? If so what would you guys recommend?
 
hmm, I would say no, but its an educated guess

I had an Antec True430 on my previous rig with the following specs, no problems at all

A64 3000+ 754
DFI NF3
2x 512MB DDR
256MB x800Pro
80GB SATA
2x 200GB SATA
Audigy 2
TV Tuner
DVD-ROM
DVD+-RW

I also was overclocking
 
something tells me its the sata driver...since when its hooked up it reboots when u try to play the game....but with it unhooked, game plays..

id guess, update sata drivers, or whatever chipset it is. maybe update video drivers? dunno tho
 
im running cats 5.10, I will try to find new sata drivers and see about the nforce drivers. Thanks for the ideas guys!
 
what did you do? let us know :)

off topic, but you have Athlon XP 2500+ Barton (unlocked, Oc'ed to 3200+)

which kind of heatsink/fan are you using? reason i ask, last nite i went into bios, my cpu is @ like 50c. normaly i idle @ high 30C's low 40C'ish.
i have a volcano 12+ bigass heatsink/fan unit. im goin to clean it off today, reapply thermal compound n all that. but just wondering what other ppl use for their barton 2500+ oc to 3200+.

hit me back, thanks
 
P3N1X0R said:
what did you do? let us know :)

off topic, but you have Athlon XP 2500+ Barton (unlocked, Oc'ed to 3200+)

which kind of heatsink/fan are you using? reason i ask, last nite i went into bios, my cpu is @ like 50c. normaly i idle @ high 30C's low 40C'ish.
i have a volcano 12+ bigass heatsink/fan unit. im goin to clean it off today, reapply thermal compound n all that. but just wondering what other ppl use for their barton 2500+ oc to 3200+.

hit me back, thanks
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I updated the Sata drivers and the nforce drivers. That did the trick.

I am using a zalman all copper fan (Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler for Socket 478, 462/754/939/940). It seems to do the trick. I am also using artic silver 7 or 9. I cannot remember what the last one was. It was the best, but most expensive thermal compound that I got.
 
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