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Power supply question
« on: January 27, 2009, 10:28:35 AM »
A friend of mine has an emachines computer with a 300 watt power supply and the following specs:
-intel 2.8ghz dual core cpu
-2gb ddr2 667 ram
-250 gb sata harddrive
-PNY geforce 8400 video card
-wireless pci card
-intel motherboard made for emachines

the motherboard has an ATX 2.0 connector( 24+4 wires) the power supply is a 300 watt ATX power supply(20+4 wires). is 300 watts enough to power this setup? She is having problems getting the computer out of standby and charging her ipod.
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Re: Power supply question
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2009, 01:20:21 PM »
Tell her to get 500-600 and she should be better.

Also,
"-PNY geforce 8400 video card (fake nvidia geforce)"
Not fake... How is that fake? PNY makes nVidia card.

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Re: Power supply question
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2009, 06:15:11 PM »
A friend of mine has an emachines computer with a 300 watt power supply and the following specs:
-intel 2.8ghz dual core cpu
-2gb ddr2 667 ram
-250 gb sata harddrive
-PNY geforce 8400 video card (fake nvidia geforce)
-wireless pci card
-intel motherboard made for emachines

the motherboard has an ATX 2.0 connector( 24+4 wires) the power supply is a 300 watt ATX power supply(20+4 wires). is 300 watts enough to power this setup? She is having problems getting the computer out of standby and charging her ipod.

First off That Made me lolz SO much... PNY is a Licensed Manufacture of The nVidia Chipset, So Not a fake.

Well Was anything add aftermarket?  Im assuming The 8400GT was, A 300Watt is a standard  stock PSU, if you add after market upgrades new PSU is a Must..  a 450Watt will be fine anything higher is just over kill.. (if your not planing on upgrading it)
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Re: Power supply question
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2009, 08:51:50 AM »
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Well Was anything add aftermarket?

The video card was added

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First off That Made me lolz SO much... PNY is a Licensed Manufacture of The nVidia Chipset, So Not a fake.
I assumed it was fake because of how it is built. It came with a cheap heatsink and fan on it. I have a Nvidia Geforce 6600 in my other computer and it has a bigger heatsink. Why would a faster video card (geforce 8400) have a smaller heatsink than a geforce 6600?
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Re: Power supply question
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2009, 10:32:14 AM »
They're all made differently by different companies.

It's NOT fake....

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Re: Power supply question
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2009, 12:52:07 PM »
and because they probably have different sized gpus

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Re: Power supply question
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2009, 09:05:17 PM »

The video card was added
I assumed it was fake because of how it is built. It came with a cheap heatsink and fan on it. I have a Nvidia Geforce 6600 in my other computer and it has a bigger heatsink. Why would a faster video card (geforce 8400) have a smaller heatsink than a geforce 6600?
8400
Umm That is what We like to call Low profile video cards... Mainly for Smaller PC cases..
But Yea get a 400watt PSU every thing should be Fine that is if its a power issue. but also Try to run scans for any intruders(MalWare/Adware...ect)  But I would like to know is did this start to happen after the card was installed if so its a power issue if not its malware.

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Re: Power supply question
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2009, 08:39:23 AM »
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but also Try to run scans for any intruders(MalWare/Adware...ect)  But I would like to know is did this start to happen after the card was installed if so its a power issue if not its malware.
There is no malware.adware on the computer. I think its the power supply because its main connector is a 20 pin connector and the motherboard power connector is a 24 pin connector. I am going to give her my 400w power supply and see if that fixes the problem. The motherboard was taken out of a computer that was assummed to be broken so the motherboard is probably the problem.

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Re: Power supply question
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2009, 12:44:12 PM »
If the motherboard uses a 24pin connector, you can NOT use a 20pin connector PSU.
It must be a 20+4 pin PSU.

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Re: Power supply question
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2009, 12:59:00 PM »
but you may be able to get an adapter. I am not sure.

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