bf2 crashed

[harry18]

well, this was very strange, i loaded up bf2 and it froze, had to restart, and then it did it again, so i put everything back to stock sttings in the bios and it was fine.

however, i did lots of cable mangament, and moved all the fans round, and turned it on (this is prior to the crahses) and i noticed the PSU fan wasnt spinning, and while i was playing bf2 i felt the psu and it was really hot, you could barly hold your hand on it, so is this a psu issue, why all of a sudden would my overcloks become unstabele?

[Scott]

Yes if the fan in the power supply is out the supply is overheating. The hotter it gets it power output will drop and the machine will start to lockup.

I would replace it ASAP, if it totally fails it could damage parts of your computer.

[harry18]

NOOOOO, damit, well im gonna go cry, ill email em and see what they say, thanks scott

[darkorb]

ur 430 watt is holding up a x1900xt a core2duo 2gb ram and ur hdd? get something like 470+ and cf ready incase u wana cf

[harry18]

yea, im probley never gonna go cf tho, it is a low wattage, i bought it for my old comp, i may upgrade in a few months, we'll see

[werty316]

You should consider getting a higher wattage PSU since 430W is not enough for your setup.

[harry18]

i thimnk 430 is fine, espiclly given its a high quality psu, its borderline on too low, but its fine for now

[GIBSON]

This might sound dumb, but what's "cf"?

[harry18]

crossfire, i didnt realise at first either

[GIBSON]

Heh, sli does ring the bell better eh :lol:

[tomato]

Replace that PSU ASAP!