Recent content by jamespetts

I have just replaced the PSU with the Corsair unit recommended by Bobby, and I am happy to report that it now works fine. Thank you all for your help :-)

Thank you :-)

Hmm, if it was the lead or socket, why would it fail consistently when the GPU was loaded and not otherwise?

Bobby, would power switch issues cause it to fail consistently when the GPU is put under load, but not usually otherwise? The system is set up so that, if the power switch is pressed for less than 4 seconds, it will not power off, but shut the system down via the operating system. There have...

Bobby, thank you for your recommendations - much appreciated. Why do you think that it might be the switch if the power-downs occur only when the graphics card is under load? Do you think that there is any possibility of the fault being elsewhere than the PSU perhaps causing some sort of...

Thank you for your help - I'll have to try that. Any recommendations for a good PSU that'll work with an older Pentium IV system? It's rather frustrating, because this PSU is itself a replacement for an older one that failed, and I thought that I had bought a good one this time.

Synopsis I have been having a problem recently in which my computer will tend to shut down whenever doing anything with 3d acceleration. To-day, the problem has spread, and the computer will shut down whenever I start windows. Details In about April, I upgraded my graphics driver (for my...