Cathode question

[hogan]

I have 6 Cathode tubes in my case and they are in groups of 2, and these 3 groups of 2 each have their own switchand power converter thingy. The problem I have is when I turn off any of the lights it freezes my comp. I have reinstaled windows gotten a new powersuply, but that still hasent stoped the freezing.
Any ideas why this is happening?






This is my first post but have ben admiring all the mod for months.

[crenn]

My first question is why so many tubes? The max I've seen in a case is 2.
There could be a couple of reasons that your computer is freezing.
1. You PSU get's a sudden 'avalibility' of power
2. You have too much usage and you need a PSU with a higher wattage.

Also, pic of said case would help.

[hogan]

i dont have a camra at the moment to ill try and get some pics
hopefully by the 28

[hogan]

http://www.soulontrial.com/_mgxroot/page_10645.html
link to a pick not good with this whole hosting thing
not sure if i did the image hosting thing right
the link describes the lighting situation and has pics plz i need help thanks

[crenn]

Ok...... use a PSU calculator to estimate your power requirements. What PSU do you have in that?

[hogan]

whats a psu calculator?
i have a aspire atx-as550w-bk
chameleon
http://aspireusa.net/product.php?pid...54c6d9f5f64366

[hogan]

i googled psu caluculator and it said i needed 353 watt ps and i have a 550watt power supply

[digital_exhaust]

I've seen this happen with inexpensive lighting. I think the problem is, as Crenn said, a voltage spike.

[crenn]

Where did I say it might be a voltage spike?

As I don't do case modding myself (yet) I can't say much about inexpensive lighting cause problems.

But I do know some PSUs need more than a certain load for the PSU to work correctly.... it's rarely happens..... but it does happen...

[digital_exhaust]

Ummm... sorry, "availability of power.." assumed that was what you were saying.