Ok when i start playing a game for a few hours.. somtimes my comp just suddenly restarts/freezes up.. by itself!.. i thought it could of been overheating.. but it happend yesterday and i checked and it wasnt overheating.. so we move on .. then i remember that it started to do this when i  got my power supply replaced!.. i think i might have a 300 watt power supply and i think it might not be enough to keep up my system.. i have a Pentium 4 3ghz.. sound blaster 2.. and Radeon 9800 XT 256mb graphics card... and i think when playing a game if its almost to max power then somthing else kicks in and there isnt enough? it might restart itself?.. am i wrong for thinking this? so i am trying to get a answer if this is right or wrong .. and i might email/call dell and try to get a 350watt more relyable  power supply.. Here is a link that i was looking at to get me thinking this is my prob

http://www.firingsquad.com/guides/power_supply/default.asp

any help would be great

thanks

Message Edited by millbro82 on 07-30-2004 09:33 PM