My Computer Won't Turn On And Is Lagging

Haz567 · 04-14-2007, 02:28 AM

I believe this is memory and power supply related so please bear with me. I've recently installed a new 500 GB SATA II hard drive, with much trouble. You can refer to that at this link if it helps.

http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...ard-drive.html

Anyway i have a few issues with my computer now, some of which happened before I installed the new hard drive and some of which has worsened.

First of all the computer has been having troubles since i got it with turning on. It began with every now and then not turning on, with me having to hit the reset button to get it to start again. Then it started turning on with the message coming through my speakers "Systems failed." over and over again. Once again i would turn this on and off, and it would eventually work. Now it's gotten to a point where if i don't leave my computer on for extended periods of time, i dread turning it on again. I press the ON button, and for several minutes it just lays there dead. After ages i hit reset, or turn it on and off again, and then it loads, just like an old car having to warm up. I suspect this is because of a faulty power supply, could anyone confirm this?

This was this biggest problem i had until recently, when i installed my new hard drive last night. Everything lags, particularly when i am running multiple programs at once that never used to lag with each other before. An example is VLC media player and Auto GK, the video will lag intensely. I cannot burn DVD's in Nero without the computer almost freezing up, or copy data off DVD's to my computer without much the same happening. Windows screen themselves will skip as i open them and nothing is smooth at all. I believe i had this problem to a much smaller degree before i installed the hard drive, it's just gotten much worse.

So my question is, would you believe this is purely power supply related or other issues could be factoring in? I am supposed to have 1 gig of memory and that should be more then enough to cover most of the basic tasks i find myself doing. Maybe the new hard drive is pushing the computer to hard and not supplying enough power to the memory. If anyone could offer any tips i'd be grateful.

dai · 04-14-2007, 11:59 AM

check your power requirements,put your specs in here
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp
based on a quality supply and add 30% to the end result

Haz567 · 04-14-2007, 10:25 PM

i'm not sure if i calculated it right, i got 495 watt guessing

how do i tell out for sure what specs i have to put in here? i don't understand half these parts

dai · 04-15-2007, 09:52 AM

post what you have in the computer
cpu=
video card is agp/pcie brand and model
ram
hard drives
floppy
cd/dvd drives

Haz567 · 04-17-2007, 02:30 PM

Sorry man i misread your post, i'll post them here. I started another thread in finer detail if you want to look at it. Can You Identify What Type of Problem This Is?

My Specs -

cpu - AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+ 1.80 GHz
video card - onboard Nvidia? i'm not sure how to check
ram - 2 sticks, total 1 GB of ram
hard drives - 2, a Western Digital WD1600JD & WD5000AAKS.
floppy - no floppy
cd/dvd drives - a single pioneer DVD burner

PSU Model - TT ATX-400, 400 Watts

dai · 04-18-2007, 10:53 AM

don't start new threads on the same problem,it can lead to problems
as was stated on the other thread you are underpowered
when nero goes to pull more power for burning it is coming up short
see if you can borrow a quality larger supply to try in it
stay with the other one i will close this
please read the forum rules
http://www.techsupportforum.com/rules.php

04-14-2007, 02:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
Haz567 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 54 OS: XP	My Computer Won't Turn On And Is Lagging I believe this is memory and power supply related so please bear with me. I've recently installed a new 500 GB SATA II hard drive, with much trouble. You can refer to that at this link if it helps. http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...ard-drive.html Anyway i have a few issues with my computer now, some of which happened before I installed the new hard drive and some of which has worsened. First of all the computer has been having troubles since i got it with turning on. It began with every now and then not turning on, with me having to hit the reset button to get it to start again. Then it started turning on with the message coming through my speakers "Systems failed." over and over again. Once again i would turn this on and off, and it would eventually work. Now it's gotten to a point where if i don't leave my computer on for extended periods of time, i dread turning it on again. I press the ON button, and for several minutes it just lays there dead. After ages i hit reset, or turn it on and off again, and then it loads, just like an old car having to warm up. I suspect this is because of a faulty power supply, could anyone confirm this? This was this biggest problem i had until recently, when i installed my new hard drive last night. Everything lags, particularly when i am running multiple programs at once that never used to lag with each other before. An example is VLC media player and Auto GK, the video will lag intensely. I cannot burn DVD's in Nero without the computer almost freezing up, or copy data off DVD's to my computer without much the same happening. Windows screen themselves will skip as i open them and nothing is smooth at all. I believe i had this problem to a much smaller degree before i installed the hard drive, it's just gotten much worse. So my question is, would you believe this is purely power supply related or other issues could be factoring in? I am supposed to have 1 gig of memory and that should be more then enough to cover most of the basic tasks i find myself doing. Maybe the new hard drive is pushing the computer to hard and not supplying enough power to the memory. If anyone could offer any tips i'd be grateful. Last edited by Haz567 : 04-14-2007 at 02:32 AM.

04-14-2007, 11:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 41,849 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: My Computer Won't Turn On And Is Lagging check your power requirements,put your specs in here http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp based on a quality supply and add 30% to the end result __________________

04-14-2007, 10:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
Haz567 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 54 OS: XP	Re: My Computer Won't Turn On And Is Lagging i'm not sure if i calculated it right, i got 495 watt guessing how do i tell out for sure what specs i have to put in here? i don't understand half these parts

04-15-2007, 09:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 41,849 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: My Computer Won't Turn On And Is Lagging post what you have in the computer cpu= video card is agp/pcie brand and model ram hard drives floppy cd/dvd drives __________________

04-17-2007, 02:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
Haz567 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 54 OS: XP	Re: My Computer Won't Turn On And Is Lagging Sorry man i misread your post, i'll post them here. I started another thread in finer detail if you want to look at it. Can You Identify What Type of Problem This Is? My Specs - cpu - AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+ 1.80 GHz video card - onboard Nvidia? i'm not sure how to check ram - 2 sticks, total 1 GB of ram hard drives - 2, a Western Digital WD1600JD & WD5000AAKS. floppy - no floppy cd/dvd drives - a single pioneer DVD burner PSU Model - TT ATX-400, 400 Watts

04-18-2007, 10:53 AM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 41,849 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: My Computer Won't Turn On And Is Lagging don't start new threads on the same problem,it can lead to problems as was stated on the other thread you are underpowered when nero goes to pull more power for burning it is coming up short see if you can borrow a quality larger supply to try in it stay with the other one i will close this please read the forum rules http://www.techsupportforum.com/rules.php __________________