I think i need a new PSU?

Discussion in 'Power Supplies and UPS's' started by Resonance456, May 6, 2007.

  1. Resonance456

    Resonance456 Geek Trainee

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    Hey all,

    I remember hearing, or reading somewhere that when you boot up your computer and log on, when all the icons are showing their default image (that little white paper thing with a magnifying glass in the corner) that you need a new PSU?? I am not sure if this is right or not? In addition, my computer is booting up a LOT slower than it used to, so I am not sure if this is a RAM fault now, or a Processor fault or PSU fault?

    Thanks for any help.
     
  2. Dwarfer

    Dwarfer Guest

    hi your theory is complete tash. there is definately no windows identification connected with the icons telling you that you 'need a new power supply' it doesnt even make sense.. about your slow boot problem its very unlikely to be a perminanent hardware fault, check your ram availability, if you are using too much that will slow down your pc.. but not necessary boot!?

    more than likely you just need a fresh install of your computer (a format) which is like a spring clean of your pc, getting rid of EVERYTHING on your hard drive and starting installing everything all over again, this will peak your pc back to its optimum performance... but try a defrag before doing this

    if you need help doing this let us know
     
  3. Resonance456

    Resonance456 Geek Trainee

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    lol thnx for the tips, but i been there done that so to speak... i am just getting fed up of slow load times and other crap like that... maybe its my processor? its an AMD Athlon 64 3000+?? as far as ram usage goes, i have 1GB and on average according to my ram monitor, i have around 650MB of it free @ any time... dunno if this is low or not tho? maybe i just need a new PC lol...
     
  4. Dwarfer

    Dwarfer Guest

    no thats fine. is it always slow or just when you are booting?

    during booting in the welcome screen quickly press CTRL+ALT+DEL and check your CPU performance in the performance tab. if your cpu usage is reasonibly high (not maxed out) but at the same time your HDD is going mental (clicking like crazy) then a format is wise, although your system is reasonibly healthy a faster hdd might be in order.

    however, if your cpu is maxed out AND your hdds are not going so crazy then it could be your startup programs causing faults and maxing out your cpu.

    but thenagain, if your cpu usage% is very low and there's heavy hdd usage there could be a problem with your HDD


    you need to know whats causing it, let me know how you do, each variable above needs a different solution to sort the problem its just a matter of finding out whats causing it to slow down
     
  5. Resonance456

    Resonance456 Geek Trainee

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    ok thnx bud, u've been of great help :D i'll start doing a number of things to determine what may be the cause and let u know, thnx again.
     
  6. donkey42

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    it may be that your system could be thrashing, try setting the swapfile / pagefile to 2X the amount of installed RAM, right click "My Computer > properties[ot]cant remember where you set the minimum and maximum pagefile[/ot]also
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  7. Resonance456

    Resonance456 Geek Trainee

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    ok thank u much for the tip :good: i'll start looking into this...
     

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