Resource Problem?

[JustinSurfer]

Hi All,

I've just bought a webcam, and since installing it my system seems to turn itself off at regular intervals, I'm guessing that it's a power resource problem, as the USB Cam takes power from the motherboard, and all my other USB Devices come with their own power cables. Just wanted to know if you thought having the following hardware was causing the "Lots of Devices, not enough Power Syndrome"

1x 256MB PC133 SDRAM Chip
1x Intel PIII 1.0GHz CPU
1x 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive
1x DVD
1x CDRW
2x Hard Drives
Onboard Sound
2x PCI Cards
1x ISA Card
1x USB Scanner (Mains Powered)
1x USB Printer (Mains Powered)
1x USB Webcam (Motherboard Powered)

Any help would be appreciated, would I need to buy a more powerful Power Supply, or would it be best to get a mains powered USB Hub to sort this problem?

Thanks!

 

[is0lized]

Have you tried taking off the webcam and seeing what happens?

 

[JustinSurfer]

It's fine without the webcam plugged in the USB bus......

 

[Daniel]

What's you power supply's output?

 

[GregT]

unless you have a 100watt power supply it should be fine. i have a 145watt in my q3 server and it has more devices than that. The webcam may be defective, if you can see if you can return the camer a for new one, if that is not much trouble.

 

[Daniel]

Well, heres the amount of power that most computer components use:

AGP video card - 20-30W
PCI video card - 20W
AMD Athlon 900MHz-1.1GHz - 50W
AMD Athlon 1.2MHz-1.4GHz - 55-65W
Intel Pentium III 800MHz-1.26GHz - 30W
Intel Pentium 4 1.4GHz-1.7GHz - 65W
Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz-2.0GHz - 75W
Intel Celeron 700MHz-900MHz - 25W
Intel Celeron 1.0GHz-1.1GHz - 35W
ATX Motherboard - 30W-40W
128MB RAM - 10W
256MB RAM - 20W
12X or higher IDE CD-RW Drive - 25W
32X or higher IDE CD-ROM Drive - 20W
10x or higher IDE DVD-ROM Drive - 20W
SCSI CD-RW Drive - 17W
SCSI CD-ROM Drive - 12W
5400RPM IDE Hard Drive - 10W
7200RPM IDE Hard Drive - 13W
7200RPM SCSI Hard Drive - 24W
10000RPM SCSI Hard Drive - 30W
Floppy Drive - 5W
Network Card - 4W
Modem - 5W
Sound Card - 5W
SCSI Controller Card - 20W
Firewire/USB Controller Card - 10W
Case Fan - 3W
CPU Fan - 3W

So far that computer, a 200w would barely meet it.

 

[GregT]

i dont think most computers have 7 proccessors, 2 vid cards, 5cdr/om drives, and 4 hds :biggrin2: