so don't simply go with the average.i just listed between 22-25 because those are the most common amperages i've seen. the best way to determine the amperages you need is to check with the processor and video card requirements and make sure you meet, and overcompensate. big difference.Īlso, a side note: the average number of amps for a given system can vary almost as much as the number of configurations. so rather than 21 amps, you're only seeing 15.75 amps. which means you're only getting 3/4s of the power you should be getting. you're only getting up to 9 VOLTS rather than the full 12 volts. Now go! find a power supply that gives a decent amperage and avoid blank screens of death. so that power supply example i gave would be pretty good. The average number for the 12v rail for a decent gaming computer would be about 25 amps. 600-268.8=331.2ĭivide that by 12v to convert it back to amps and at the same time tell you how much amperage is offered on the rail. and what you want to do is multiply the numbers and add the results together. you take the 3.3v and multiply by the amperage it gives. we'll be doing some math today kiddies.Ĭonvert the 3.3v and 5v rail numbers into watts. and you can't really figure that out by looking at the 12v rail descriptions. You have to figure out what the 12v rails on the power supply give out in amps. I was finally taught what to look for a few days ago. Wow.power supplies seem to be a big issue as of late. I'm just not sure how to go about fixing this, I've actually asked for help here before but did not get any resolution, searched numerous forums for the answer but all entries seem to lead to a dead end. Motherboard Driver: Not sure where to find this one but I updated it 2 weeks ago. Video Card Driver: Catalyst Control Center v7.9

Number of fans present: One on the case, one on the videocard and one on the processor. Hard Drives: Not sure how to figure out what this one is Video Card: SAPPHIRE Radeon x1800XT 256MB Pci-E x16 Ram: Two sticks of Kingston PC3200 (DDR400) SDRAM - 1 Gig each I hope you guys can help, I'll try to be as cooperative as possible.ĬPU: AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Dual Core Processor Only way for me to get out of this seems to be a forced reboot. When this happens, sound still plays in the background and I can send the system commands but screen remains blank. I've pretty much just let it pass in the past but recently I picked up a copy of Half Life 2 and its black screening 30-50 seconds into game play. Hello, I've been having this problem for approximately 6 months now my display goes into a black screen at random intervals when I have a 3d applicant running.

Half life black screen