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Lambert Simnel · 06-02-2007, 05:44 AM

The new PSU is an Arctic 600W (possibly a rebadged Jeantech ?). Haven't seen anything negative about these, and it feels and looks like a much better quality piece of kit that the PowerStar one.

Anyway, Western Digital suggested that I should get the hard drive replaced, the online retailer agreed, and a new one duly arrived.

Connected it up, and it was immediately recognised by the bios. Into XP, Disk Management, Initialise, Create Partition and Format. Write a file to the new disk, and retrieve it. All is well.

Next reboot, and the INTERNAL_POWER_ERROR message and the associated Blue Screen of Death returned.

I am honestly at my wits end with this one. The fact that I can get as far as formatting the disk suggests that the jumper settings and basic connection are fine. The new hard disk is on a separate 12V output from the PSU.

All I can imagine is that this is another dodgy aspect of my Asus A7V333 motherboard, in which case I'm probably stuffed, and can just shove my new hard drive up on eBay.

Any ideas, folks ?

PS Sorry for late reply - was out of the country, and then had to wait for the drive to be replaced.

06-02-2007, 05:44 AM	#13
Lambert Simnel Member (4 bit) Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 8	The new PSU is an Arctic 600W (possibly a rebadged Jeantech ?). Haven't seen anything negative about these, and it feels and looks like a much better quality piece of kit that the PowerStar one. Anyway, Western Digital suggested that I should get the hard drive replaced, the online retailer agreed, and a new one duly arrived. Connected it up, and it was immediately recognised by the bios. Into XP, Disk Management, Initialise, Create Partition and Format. Write a file to the new disk, and retrieve it. All is well. Next reboot, and the INTERNAL_POWER_ERROR message and the associated Blue Screen of Death returned. I am honestly at my wits end with this one. The fact that I can get as far as formatting the disk suggests that the jumper settings and basic connection are fine. The new hard disk is on a separate 12V output from the PSU. All I can imagine is that this is another dodgy aspect of my Asus A7V333 motherboard, in which case I'm probably stuffed, and can just shove my new hard drive up on eBay. Any ideas, folks ? PS Sorry for late reply - was out of the country, and then had to wait for the drive to be replaced.