[Novalug] Power supply upgrade

[Rich Goodwin]

I bought am inexpensive HP from Office Depot.  My intent is to run
Second Life on it under Linux.  I bought an nVidia 8600 GTS video card
which requires extra power.  Since original power supply is 250w  and
won't support the video card.

So I bought a 530w power supply from Microcenter.  I connected the ATX
power (20 pin) and CPU fan just as the original PSU.  I then connected
the hard and DVD drives.  I have not yet installed the video card.

The system booted with the 250w PSU.  It will not boot with the 530w!  I
don't get a POST beep or any video.  CPU fan spins.  DVD drive works.
Hard drive light appears to be lit.  But the system doesn't boot!!

Any ideas?

Rich

For thos interested - the system docs are at
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00906129&lc=en&cc=de&dlc=&product=3397528
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