Hate Computers
Thread Starter
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2007
- Messages
- 91
My computer:
Asus A78NX series mobo
AMD Athlon XP 3000+
1GB ram (2x512)
Nvidia Geforce 7600GS Vid card
333 rated fsb
120GB HDD
250w PSU
This computer is usually very fast, with no wait times on IE for instance, loads everything more or less instantly, and as another example runs warcraft on its highest settings with ease.
The 250w PSU has recently been having problems fan-wise, didn't affect performance, but I guessed this was a good hint that it was on its way out, so yesterday I decided to replace it with a 400w Mercury PSU. I carried out a full system scan with norton before the swap, but didn't bother setting a restore point, couldn't be bothered backing up essential files either (slapped wrist). After I replaced the power supply (I replaced it by unplugging the 4 pin plugs to HDD, CD drives, Vid card, and the 20 pin to the mobo, the FDD plug, etc, didn't touch the data cables etc, then plugged everything back in in exactly the same way, except for the 24-pin mobo plug, which I had to unclip the extra 4 sockets on for my 20pin mobo socket), I booted the computer up. On first boot it seemed to go quite fast to the desktop, slightly slower than usual I seem to recall. Then, when I tried to open different apps, and check the device manager, the computer kept slowing or locking, so I shut down to check the connections to all the components. All the connections were good, so I rebooted. The reboot took about 10 minutes, and basically everything was slowed after this. After about an hour of rebooting, searching the net for possible problems using the working but painfully slow computer, I put the old PSU back.
With the old psu in, it works slightly faster, but is not as it should be. It can run Warcraft for instance, but takes ages to start the game up. IE takes ages to load, and webpages take up to 2 mins to appear. Using windows apps like device manager also takes ages. Booting takes about 5 mins, versus the minute or less it used to take.
I tried to look at the bios to see if any of the components were running at less than optimal levels, but the bios on my mobo won't allow the user to make changes to any frequencies suck as memory or fsb transfer rates. I managed to change the HDD transfer to 32 bit, but that's the only thing I could change.
Does anyone know what might have gone wrong? Is it salvageable, or am I looking at some expensive repairs?
Thanks in advance of any advice.
Asus A78NX series mobo
AMD Athlon XP 3000+
1GB ram (2x512)
Nvidia Geforce 7600GS Vid card
333 rated fsb
120GB HDD
250w PSU
This computer is usually very fast, with no wait times on IE for instance, loads everything more or less instantly, and as another example runs warcraft on its highest settings with ease.
The 250w PSU has recently been having problems fan-wise, didn't affect performance, but I guessed this was a good hint that it was on its way out, so yesterday I decided to replace it with a 400w Mercury PSU. I carried out a full system scan with norton before the swap, but didn't bother setting a restore point, couldn't be bothered backing up essential files either (slapped wrist). After I replaced the power supply (I replaced it by unplugging the 4 pin plugs to HDD, CD drives, Vid card, and the 20 pin to the mobo, the FDD plug, etc, didn't touch the data cables etc, then plugged everything back in in exactly the same way, except for the 24-pin mobo plug, which I had to unclip the extra 4 sockets on for my 20pin mobo socket), I booted the computer up. On first boot it seemed to go quite fast to the desktop, slightly slower than usual I seem to recall. Then, when I tried to open different apps, and check the device manager, the computer kept slowing or locking, so I shut down to check the connections to all the components. All the connections were good, so I rebooted. The reboot took about 10 minutes, and basically everything was slowed after this. After about an hour of rebooting, searching the net for possible problems using the working but painfully slow computer, I put the old PSU back.
With the old psu in, it works slightly faster, but is not as it should be. It can run Warcraft for instance, but takes ages to start the game up. IE takes ages to load, and webpages take up to 2 mins to appear. Using windows apps like device manager also takes ages. Booting takes about 5 mins, versus the minute or less it used to take.
I tried to look at the bios to see if any of the components were running at less than optimal levels, but the bios on my mobo won't allow the user to make changes to any frequencies suck as memory or fsb transfer rates. I managed to change the HDD transfer to 32 bit, but that's the only thing I could change.
Does anyone know what might have gone wrong? Is it salvageable, or am I looking at some expensive repairs?
Thanks in advance of any advice.