AMD Thunderbird + 235Watt PS = BSOD

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  • Technoid
    Super MURCer
    • Sep 1999
    • 7645
    #1

    AMD Thunderbird + 235Watt PS = BSOD

    I was out to a customer to Install a NIC so he could use his cable modem.

    The first thing I noticed after taking the cover off was:

    A 235 Watt PS!

    Siemens-fujitsu is only being stupid because the case is the same one they used on P3 500'eds..

    And ofcourse they don't check AMD's recomendations...

    I asked the customer as inocently as I could:


    Do this computer have instability problems?

    And the customer said:

    YES

    And continued to tell me all of the classic "not enough juice in the ps" symptoms...


    Why why why?

    It's almost 2 years since the Athlon debuted and AMD recomended a 300watt PS!!
    If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

    Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."
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    • SCompRacer
      Super MURCer
      • Jan 2000
      • 1023
      #2
      Many power supplies don't even list the combined power output. Thats an important number to look for.
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        • The PIT
          Super MURCer
          • Aug 1999
          • 11901
          #3
          Well these companies don't like "unqualified" techies looking at there computers ( I wonder why). Yet they send machines out like that.

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            • Technoid
              Super MURCer
              • Sep 1999
              • 7645
              #4
              The worst example of that was a PS with a added "300Watt" sticker on the original 200 watt sticker.

              The absolute worst of it was the fact that if you added togheter the stated watts of 12+,,, etc it only got up to 180 watts
              If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

              Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."

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                • Novdid
                  Super MURCer
                  • Nov 2000
                  • 2609
                  #5
                  Well that's OEM computers, they generally suck. They should know that a 300W PS is a bare minimum.

                  How many MHz if I may ask was the CPU rated for.

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                    • Technoid
                      Super MURCer
                      • Sep 1999
                      • 7645
                      #6
                      I think it was a 1 GHz!

                      And when they were at it they selected a fan thats despite its size did a pretty bad job considering that I almost burned my fingers on it!
                      Last edited by Technoid; 6 July 2001, 02:23.
                      If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

                      Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."

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