Computer locking up

[scap]

I just installed my new hard drive its a 60 gig. And all of othe suddend my computer is locking up. I beleive it may not have enough power but i dunno how to tell. I have a dc burner a digidoc 5 another 30 gig tow vedio cards and soundblaster and a nic card. i have three sticks of 256 mb pc133 cas 2 ram and a 1 gig tbird.

[Christoph]

Sounds like you're probably right about the voltages, but to be sure, unplug your HD and install and run MBM 5 (http://mbm.livewiredev.com/) and save a screenshot of the window with alt+prntscrn, then take another with the HD plugged in and post them back here.

[redduc900]

You might want to check out the KT7(R) FAQ over at Viahardware here...

http://www.viahardware.com/faq/kt7/kt7faq.htm

...if you haven't already. The FAQ is very well written and superbly layed out. I'll read through the FAQ every once in awhile myself, even though I don't own an Abit board...I always end up learning something new, it's very informative.;)

[Yodums]

Looks like it does seem to be a power issues as your system seems to be sucking alot of power with 2 big drives and a modern video card and a good processor.

Might wanna take it to the next step and go 450 watt or so.

[scap]

In windows my via monitor thing say that they 12 v line is at 11.71 and then the digidove which is on another line says 12 v even is 11.71 too far below 12v ??????

[scap]

bump

[turd]

if your IDE cable and power cable are in tight, it is prob time to get more power, 11.71 does seem to be too low, had a lot of probs with a kt7, lots of stuff and AMD and a 300 generic(AMD approved)PSU, put in an Antec 400 and all went away