While the machine may work fine for months, eventually the "just big enough" power supply starts to age and the symptom is one like yours. I'll supply an article about how to select the size and then another about how they lie about the rated size.
http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20040122/
http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20021021/
Bob
I'm planning on building a AMD 64 3200+ comp...
ASPIRE Blue Voice Active Cold Cathode Flourescence Lamp
Aspire X-Dreamer II(Black)Case w/350W
6x 80MM fans
ASUS "K8V SE Deluxe" K8T800 Chipset Motherboard
SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9800XT Video Card, 256MB DDR, 256-bit
AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 1MB L2 Cache
Corsair XMS 184 Pin 512MB Registered DDR PC-3200
Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB 10,000RPM SATA HDD
Samsung Black 52X32X52 CD-RW Drive
Samsung Black 16X DVD-ROM Drive
I'm not sure if the 350 watt power supply is enough, was going to upgrade to a 500 watt ps, but some ppl are telling me that the 350 is big enough please tell me what you think.
Also let me know what you think of the computer...
I plan to use it mostly for games and only a few games at any given time, (thats why the HDD is so small, but considering moving up to the 74 gig) I also have a 80 GB external USB 2.0 HD that will be hooked up too.

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