I think I ran into a house electrical power problem in a house I recently help set up a computer. I suspect that the circuit to the room where computer is set up, is not supplying enough
current/amps. I'm not familiar with house wiring, amps, watts, and volts, I just know the basics. What I need to know, first, is approximately how many amps the computer system is drawing, while running.
It's an AMD Duron 1.3ghz, 256mb sdram, has a cdrw, a harddrive, ECS K7s5a mainboard. The psu is a 300 watt, AMD approved, 3.3v - 20a, 5v - 26a, 12v - 13a. This computer runs fine at my house, but, won't run properly in theirs. It sometimes won't boot at all, when shutting down, and cold booting, and, sometimes won't warm boot, no beep code. I've already changed out the psu unit, three times, different brands, 300 watt, to 350 watt. I think the circuit that connect to the receptacles in the room where the room is located, is on 15 amps. Is it possible that the computer is drawing more amps than what is available? The guy who owns the house, says that room is on a separate circuit, so, the only thing running on that circuit is the computer, the monitor, and a printer. Could just those items draw too many amps, and, then, when you try to draw another amp from somewhere, something in the computer fails to run? What is the best way to trouble shoot this?
current/amps. I'm not familiar with house wiring, amps, watts, and volts, I just know the basics. What I need to know, first, is approximately how many amps the computer system is drawing, while running.
It's an AMD Duron 1.3ghz, 256mb sdram, has a cdrw, a harddrive, ECS K7s5a mainboard. The psu is a 300 watt, AMD approved, 3.3v - 20a, 5v - 26a, 12v - 13a. This computer runs fine at my house, but, won't run properly in theirs. It sometimes won't boot at all, when shutting down, and cold booting, and, sometimes won't warm boot, no beep code. I've already changed out the psu unit, three times, different brands, 300 watt, to 350 watt. I think the circuit that connect to the receptacles in the room where the room is located, is on 15 amps. Is it possible that the computer is drawing more amps than what is available? The guy who owns the house, says that room is on a separate circuit, so, the only thing running on that circuit is the computer, the monitor, and a printer. Could just those items draw too many amps, and, then, when you try to draw another amp from somewhere, something in the computer fails to run? What is the best way to trouble shoot this?