Power supply

sir-clarencesir-clarence
edited December 2004 in Hardware
Decided to upgrade my 250Watt for a Levicom 350Watt and now feel I have done something without enquiring 1st.
What damage can I do using the system I upgraded to as it is 100Watt more power?
It claims to be thermal controlled.....How do I know if it adjusts itself to speed up the 2 fans if it gets hotter as in the booklet it has a 3pin connector with 2 wires that i HAVE NOT CONNECTED TO ANYTHING.

Help... I am a newbie to all this cpu stuff.
Reason I am enquiring is that my device manager showes that my 3000+ is now a 2200+ and thought it might have something to do with the upgrade :scratch:

Comments

  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited December 2004
    1) you probably can't do any damage, although looking at your setup that PSU is still not going to be enough. No-name PSUs tend to have a much lower output than their rated potential, or in otherwords a 400w no-name is probably about the same as a 250w antec,enermax,pc power and cooling, etc.

    2) the wire you didn't connect should only be for monitoring fan speed from within an OS

    3) the reason it says 2200+ is because you probably have it set to a 133fsb instead of a 166fsb, which you will have to change in your bios
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited December 2004
    A psu upgrade wont do anything to ur system unlless u go from a good one to a cheep one :rolleyes:
  • sir-clarencesir-clarence
    edited December 2004
    There is no where in my bios setup to change the fsb. :bawling:
  • sir-clarencesir-clarence
    edited December 2004
    TheBaron wrote:
    double posting is not cool, i answered you in cooling

    Cant change fsb in bios no option :wtf:
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited December 2004
    Then get a bios update :p .
  • sir-clarencesir-clarence
    edited December 2004
    Been on the manufactures web, downloaded the new bios and still the same :scratch:
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