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QuestionDual Xeon 2.8GHz not booting Pin
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El Corazon10-May-06 7:36
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WillemM wrote:
I have the feeling that my powersupply isn't enough for the machine, but I'm not entirely sure...


It should be enough power. I would look at other possibilities:

dual Xeon (Nocona) 110w x 2 (at full load)
nVidia 6500 ~65W (I don't know the exact number, but 6800 == 105w and 6500 is listed at more than 50% of the 6800 but significantly less, so I made a guess)
12w per HD (these range 9-12w, choose high and you are safe)
DVD RW 10w (12w if lightscribe, otherwise 8-10w is standard)

that is approximately 319w, I am not sure of the exact power consumption of your motherboard, but it is below 100w. So unless there is a physical problem with your power-supply, you are well within the safe range.

We run dual Xeons, with top-of-the-line graphics, 5 hard-drives and DVD RW, we do use a 550w, but have used the 450w prior to Nocona (95w prior to Nocona). Because we don't know what customers will do with the machines after they get them, we have to provide enough extra power to cover what users will "add" to the system.

Generally you will not get a full post if you don't have enough power. I would start checking your CMOS settings. Where is it stopping? at boot? is your boot setup right? can you boot on CDROM without a hard-drive? What happens when it stops? does it shut off (this is a sign you are over-power, your powersupply will shutdown.) Is your power supply dual line powered? (separate line of power to CPU/motherboard from the rest of the equipment)

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