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Old 8th February 2008
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No Greeney hehe, I meant this:

For example, 450+ watts is needed by the computer, 350 watts is the rated output of the PSU, the PSU has to work harder to supply sufficient power, the parts inside the PSU heat up because of this, and either/all of three things can happen. Parts in the PSU burn out and your computer stops functioning all together (until a new PSU is bought). Too much heat builds up in the PSU, causing the BIOS to shut the computer down to prevent damage. Finally, insufficient power is supplied by the PSU, and this causes a fatal error which makes your computer restart or shutdown.

The RAM issue I had mentioned, was what I thought the problem was, after looking up the error code on the microsoft knowledge base. I was incorrect, it was my PSU, it had nothing to do with my RAM.

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