jbruss@wi.rr.com wrote:
> Jan Alter wrote:
> > CPU - AMD|A64 X2 3800+ AM2 2x512K R
> >
> > If the PS is decent I would be thinking at minimum of 300 w to power the rig
> > with the processor you have. I'd be dubious that you could make a reliable
> > test even if you had a 20 to 24 pin adapter with a 200 w PS. You wouldn't
> > have to hook up any drives just as long as you have a cpu, RAM, and video
> > card on the mb. Additionally the old PS would have to have a squarish 4 pin
> > cpu plug that fits to the mb. Does it have one? Older ATX PSs don't
> > --
> > Jan Alter
> > bearpuf@verizon.net
> Actually, after thinking about it for a bit, I'm just going to go out
> and buy a PSU and try it. If it doesn't solve the problem, I can
> return it. As you say, I want a reliable test, and dinking around with
> an old 200 Watt PSU with adaptor doesn't neccessarily give me a good
> test. I'll post the results of the PSU switch later today.
>

I just put in a new PSU, an Antec SmartPower 2.0 400 Watt, and the same
thing happens, except that now I don't hear the beep. Maybe that means
the beep was coming from the fan speed monitoring unit on the original
PSU? Anyway, any thoughts on what I ought to do next - besides return
the PSU I just bought.

Jack
> thanks,
>
> Jack