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Thanks, guys.

I have read some comments that the Cooler Master eXtreme Power 600 is a noisy PSU. Can anyone confirm or refute before I install it?

I went to CompUSA to get a new PS for my daughter's computer (a Sony PCV-RS610 - Pentium 4 2.8 G w/ hyper thrading, 1 MB L2 cache, 512 MB RAM, DVD read write drive, cd drive)) as her's is making a...

Okay, I bought a new Antec TrueBlue 2.0 480 watt PS. Installed it and the computer booted. I guess after all that, it WAS the PS.

I don't know much about power supplies - what makes the HE lame? is it the 430 watts, or something else?

Sounds like a Saturday project - I am growing weary of it. I am about to just order a new case and power supply. I read a good review of the Antec P150. Know anything about it?

Well, I checked the caps and all look good. Attempted to bootseveral times and got the "System Failed CPU Test" all but one time when it posted, detected new CPU, told me to enter set up, which I...

Sure should be. Will get back to you after I get home and get a chance to check it out.

On the plus side (if there is one), the MB is still under warranty and AMD upgraded my CPU from a 3000+ to...

Thanks, Bill, I will attempt to check out the caps. I am a little pessimistic as Asus is not one of the boards he lists (though he does mention it once), but it doesn't appear he has had to do them.

First some system specs -
Asus A*V Deluxe MB
512 MB RAM
Athlon 64 CPU (more later)
Running Windows XP Prof
Drives - 30 G Maxtor boot drive
RAID 1 (mirroring) with 2 160 Western drives
430 watt...

My daughter came home for break and brought the speakers with her. We thought about returning them and getting different ones. Anyway, she took them to an electronics store to try to get additional...