Is my PSU adequate? (Antec TruePower 380)

PSUs: The source of DC power for all components in the PC & often a big noise source.

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sheltem
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Is my PSU adequate? (Antec TruePower 380)

Post by sheltem » Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:40 am

Hi everyone, I am having spontaneous rebooting problems with my computer. Sometimes my USB hub goes out completely, meaning that none of the devices plugged into it work. When I take out the cable and plug it back in, the computer resets. Then in other instances, when I use my front USB ports to plug in a flash drive, the computer restarts. I have a lot of components in my computer and I was wondering if my PSU is powerful enough to handle it. Here's my computer rundown:

Antec TruePower 380
Athlon 2500+ oc'ed to 3200 (200x11)
512mb PC3200
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
Radeon 9500
4 hds
CDRW, DVD drive
TV Card
RAID Card
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
2 120mm case fans
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Re: Is my PSU adequate? (Antec TruePower 380)

Post by burcakb » Thu Oct 07, 2004 8:18 am

sheltem wrote:4 hds
any chance some of them are Seagate SATA disks?
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Post by sthayashi » Thu Oct 07, 2004 11:35 am

It almost sounds like you have a grounding issue, but I digress.

Try dropping back the overclock. If that does it, maybe you do have PSU problems. But if it doesn't, your problem may lie elsewhere.
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Post by Ralf Hutter » Thu Oct 07, 2004 12:07 pm

I'd say your PSU is certainly powerful enough. Have you ever checked the stability of your OC by running Prime95?
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sheltem
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Post by sheltem » Sat Oct 09, 2004 10:07 am

Thanks for the input guys. I failed to mention that my board is also refurbed, which could def. be part of the problem. These problems are relatively infrequent and I plan to upgrade to socket 939 and a pci express board when they come out. The important thing to know was whether my PSU was adequate or not. Thanks again
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burcakb
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Post by burcakb » Sun Oct 10, 2004 2:42 am

Not the Seagates per se but I've noted problems with Antec PSU + Seagate disks. Change the disks or change the PSU and the problems go away !!!
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davidstone28
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Post by davidstone28 » Sun Oct 10, 2004 4:19 am

Doubt very much that the power rating of the PSU is the problem - I've run a similar system to yours (4 HDDs, 2 optical drives, oc'd 2500+ etc etc) using the Antec 380S and everything has been fine.

Try upping the vcore slightly, but it sounds more like there's a fault somewhere.
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