Nforcer 4200 problems

[prop135]

Has anyone else had problems with this machine???

I bought a Nforcer 4200 the other day from novatech Installed XP Pro, updated all the drivers, installed the printer, some software (Dreamweaver, Quickbooks, Adobe) and thought great all done :)

Rebooted for good measure (XP Pro after all, you can fix most probs by rebooting, right)

BSOD (blue screen of Death) appears, so I google the error code (like you do) and start seeing posts to forums about poss power problems.

I pop the case and what do I find???? A 300 watt power supply :shock:

In a pc with this high a spec!!!! Are you having a laugh Novatech!

300 watt just about runs my smoothwall in a P3 what the fnek is it doing in a high spec machine like the nforcer.

Under normal conditions I would just laugh it off and buy a better power supply BUT, I am still waiting on 3 laptops from Novatech a month after ordering and nobody can tell me when I will get them

And to make it worse I get told that today after weeks of "the chassis will be here tomorrow sir " :evil: :evil: :evil:

Novatech used to have an excellent rep but if this is what is happening to their customers i would say that rep was slipping.

Get it together guys and girls, I have had less problems with Acer and they are really bad :cry:

Right rant over for now, pity the poor people in customer services tomorrow though :twisted:

[Coops]

What was the BSOD stop code.

[prop135]

I will post it later as I left them on my desk at home.

BIOS and speedfan (installed last night) are reporting low + voltages

I have been here before with another box with AMD processer,
weeks of trying driver updates and it turned at to be a weak PSU.

Bunged in a 650 watt Q-Tec that I had lying around and no more BSOD for the last 3 years.

Sorry for public rant, just feeling let down at the minute by a company that I have always respected. :(

[prop135]

the other question would be why do you push the barebones bundle that uses similer chipset, cpu, less ram and no graphics with a decent PSU yet buying a prebuilt means an unbranded 300 watt PSU???

Anyway, before I rant away some more the last 2 stop codes were

0X0000008E (0XC0000005, 0X8050BE42, 0XBAA97BD0, 0X00000000)

and

0X0000008E (0XC0000005, 0XACC70E9C, 0XA9BB9A4C, 0X00000000)

hope you can shed some more light on the problem

[Kremmen]

There is a good article on stop codes >> HERE << (http://www.thevistaforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=109&highlight=stop+code)

[prop135]

Thanks, that was a useful article, unfortunately it doesn't cover the stop code I have been getting.

After googling the code (and varients of) a couple of other forums reported similer codes and a PSU swap stopping BSOD.

My other options are to knock over the machine and rebuild, wait 24-48 hours after each install to see if BSOD occurs. Not really a viable option for my primary admin machine. My data is backed up but I would have to find another machine to do my books on. Normally that would be fine but my laptops haven't arrived so I cant :wink:

PS It is International talk like a pirate day on Sep 19, pass the word.

[prop135]

I am a lot more impressed today than I was yesterday :D

I phoned the Customer Services people and was treated to some Status Quo whilst on hold (cool tunes) and got speaking to a very helpful lady called Stacy.

Not only are my laptop chassis due Monday :D

I told her about the 300 watt PSU, she told her boss, he didn't believe it so he checked, couldn't believe what he saw and is posting me a 450 Watt PSU straight away.

My faith in Novatech is somewhat restored. :D

[Bazzer]

I've been thinking about buying an nForcer 4200, I hope Novatech now make sure the larger power supply is fitted as standard.

My main concern with this machine is noise, are they noisy? At the moment I'm running a 5 year old machine with no silent power supply etc., is the nForcer 4200 likely to be quieter or about the same?

[Noj]

hi bazzer

i bought a Vortex 630 Elite Intel P4 3.0ghz 512mb DDR 250gb SATA HDD

When i fisrt enquired i had the same issue as you regarding silence. The tech guys were very helpful having been led up the path a bit by sales but eventually i was told that all of the machines as standard are fitted with bog standard noisy fans, psu etc etc. So i was advised to upgrade the machine with the following. Do note that the graphics card is fanless but i dont run games so didnt need top end spec just a nice quiet machine...which it is.

HYP-525PSU x1 HIPER 525 WATT 23db Silent PSU ATX - TRIPLE FAN 24Pin - i know that this is more power than needed but they upgraded me for free cos they hadnt got the lower silent unit in stock :lol:

NEX-PHT775 x1 Nexus PHT-7750 Skive Tek Silent 775 CPU Cooler

TT-8CMB x1 ThermalTake Thunderblade 80mm Blue Fan

XFX-6525TC x1 XFX GeForce 6500 Turbo Cache PCI-E Graphics Card 64MB Supporting 256MB

So i believe that if you want quiet then you'll need to upgrade...but dont follow sales advice, speak to a techy.

Good luck Noj