Matt,

Hadn't thought of power supply problems, but a definite possibility. 300
watt is on the small side for an Athlon xp 3000+. I run a 3000+ with an
Antec 420 true power without problem. I run two input fans in the front and
two output at the rear and still have heating issues when the room temp gets
above 80 degrees. My CPU usually runs near 60 degrees when the room temps is
in the 60-low 70 degree range. I use all round cabling. I have a gigabyte
board that is somewhat constricted for the HSF. I can't use any of the
oversized units or ones that require the mounting holes (the board has none
and has capacitors very near the cpu socket -- bad design for today's fast,
heat producing cpus). Good luck. The changes you outline sound like a good
plan. Best of luck,

Jim
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Matt Butler
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 11:45 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Video card problems?
>
>
> James, i appreciate your help  :)
> according to speed fan my processor is at 54 celcius just browsing IE.
> all of my fans are currently working fine
> i have a 5.25 bay dual fan in the front blowing out along with the power
> supply fan.
> Another very helpful person from pcbuild mentioned that its most
> likely the
> power supply as my case is pretty full and that sounds like the
> most likely
> reason the pc would shut off.
> im also plannign on getting another 80mm case fan for the back
> when i go to
> pick up the 400w to swap out my 300w and maybe even replace my
> ribbon cables
> with some round ones.
> so once i figure out how to switch the fans on the front to blow in
> hopefully all my problems will be solved..
> so what do you think? thanks
> Matt Butler
>
> >From: James Maki <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Video card problems?
> >Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 20:44:51 -0700
> >
> >Matt,
> >
> >It could be a heat issue. Can you monitor the temp of CPU and system? Is
> >there a fan on the video card and is it working? Good case ventilation?
> >Just
> >some initial ideas to check on.
> >
> >Jim Maki
> >[log in to unmask]
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Matt Butler
> > > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 8:08 PM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: [PCBUILD] Video card problems?
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > i just put together a new pc
> > > biostar m7viz km400 mobo
> > > athalon xp 3000+
> > > and a radeon 9800pro 128mb ddr
> > >
> > > now whenever i try to run something that would take up some
> > > resources on my
> > > video card ( or so it would appear) such as 3dmark or any pc game for
> >that
> > > matter after a minute or so my computer will just completely
> shut itself
> > > down and it will not let me restart it for a minute or so.. a
> > > friend of mine
> > > said this may be a driver issue but as far as i know i have the latest
> > > drivers.. it seems like a very serious problem and i need
> help to remedy
> > > this situation.. any help would be very very very much appreciated..
> > > thank you for your time,  Matt Butler

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