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I have a problem which i can not figure out , i feel i am a experienced user when it comes to software and hardware for computers
specs
Gigabyte 7IX
128 pc 100
900mhz t-bird slot a
250 watt power supply
First off i just formatted my HDD last night and reinstalled windows 98 and my network card drivers and video card drivers and no sound card. I also loaded my cd rom driver
My problem happens radomly either when surfing the net or just running a video game. Ok what happens is it will just all of a sudden lock out on me and i dont understand it because my temps are fine 42 c running 900mhz t-bird slot a. another odd thing is when i press my power swtich on the case nothing happens. I kinda think i might need a new power supply since it is about 2 years old and its only 250watts. I am running 2 HDD's ,floppy , 2 Cd-roms and 2 fans "cpu and video card". Sometimes after the lock out i will have to go to my surge protector to shut it off or i could press the reset button to just reset it. I have reinstalled windows and formatted my HDD installing minimum drivers like 5 times with no difference. Sometimes another problem is when i logg on through dsl my modem wont be able find any web pages at all, and when i disconnect , i cant even reconnect. The only conclusion i could think of is either my power supply or some IRQ on my motherboard died and isnt fuctioning properly. I flashed the bios and still does the same thing. I also think it might my my voodoo 3 ? who knows. Right now i dissconnected 1 cdrom and my video card fan that i added.
Any ideas , i hate to have to upgrade to buy a different slot a motherboard .
specs
Gigabyte 7IX
128 pc 100
900mhz t-bird slot a
250 watt power supply
First off i just formatted my HDD last night and reinstalled windows 98 and my network card drivers and video card drivers and no sound card. I also loaded my cd rom driver
My problem happens radomly either when surfing the net or just running a video game. Ok what happens is it will just all of a sudden lock out on me and i dont understand it because my temps are fine 42 c running 900mhz t-bird slot a. another odd thing is when i press my power swtich on the case nothing happens. I kinda think i might need a new power supply since it is about 2 years old and its only 250watts. I am running 2 HDD's ,floppy , 2 Cd-roms and 2 fans "cpu and video card". Sometimes after the lock out i will have to go to my surge protector to shut it off or i could press the reset button to just reset it. I have reinstalled windows and formatted my HDD installing minimum drivers like 5 times with no difference. Sometimes another problem is when i logg on through dsl my modem wont be able find any web pages at all, and when i disconnect , i cant even reconnect. The only conclusion i could think of is either my power supply or some IRQ on my motherboard died and isnt fuctioning properly. I flashed the bios and still does the same thing. I also think it might my my voodoo 3 ? who knows. Right now i dissconnected 1 cdrom and my video card fan that i added.
Any ideas , i hate to have to upgrade to buy a different slot a motherboard .