[redarrows2006]

Hi i have adjust the grapic setup in IL-2 UP.2.0 and i got a problem (got a smell from my computer and it began to freze in QMB) after turned my grapic setup over to custom: Open GL

Here is what i did:
Check- Texsture mitmap filter- Check -trilinear
Check- Texsture Compression ST3C
Check- Use Dither
Check- Polygon Stipple
Check- Multitexture
Check- Secondary Color
Check- Texture Compress ARB Extension

Check- Intro

And also i adjust in UP.1.8

Custom:
Check- Texture mixture filter- Check- trilinear
Check- Texture Copression- Check- none
Check- Use Dither
Check- Poligon Stipple
Check- Multitexture
Check- Combine
Check- Secondary Color
Check- Vertex Array Extension
Check- Texture Anisotropic Extension
Check- Texture Compress ARB Extension


Also i run Powersuply 350W and my Graphiccard is HIS Radeon HD 2600XT 512MB IceQ

Be happy for any answer
redarrows

[skyomish]

When is the last time you cleaned your computer with canned air???

[redarrows2006]

When is the last time you cleaned your computer with canned air???

Hi Skyomish That would be Nowember 2009 the last time :oops: . Should do it you think it is winter tough :?

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Be happy for any answer

Any?



Try more BBQ sause!

[socorrista22198]

lol ACE

the smell is in all games?

[fly_zo]

new PSU would be in order here IMO... 350W is way too weak

reg
Z

[ArcticWolf]

+1 on Fly-zo's comment

System Requirements
PCI Express

[George Formby]

S~
How old is the machine? What kind of Ram capacity does it have? Does it give you problems with other games? These are some of the questions that may help in your search, I am also gonna post what I have mY config set up, my machine runs the qame flawless now (after some good folks helped me set it up) to go along with your in game setup. You may want to also switch everything back and try adjusting them one at a time. The designer of the game used primitive machines compare to todays machines, and the fact there are some who can't just chuck the machine and go get a new one, so try tweaking the way you got it set up, there are several sites that have suggestions and fixes for slower, older computers, here are some that may help: http://il2ultrapack.net46.net/index.php/topic,2.0.html , http://mission4today.com/index.php?name ... forum&f=41 , look into some of the forums here http://www.simhq.com/index.html , or maybe use this patch here http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,2475.0.html , and the patch http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,2476.0.html . Also you could scroll thru the tech help section on this site. With UP2.0 it's better to go http://www.sas1946.com and http://ultrapack.il2war.com/ , for the most part AAA avocates HSFX based packages, while the last 2 links I gave you advocates UP1.8/UP2.0. Here is my set up if you can use it to compare notes with what you got: The Machine: ASUS CG5290, 64 bit Intel Core i7 I7-920 / 2.66 GHz, 9 gig DDR3 SDRAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896 MB Video Memory,
Config:
[il2]
title=Il2-Sturmovik Forgotten Battles
hotkeys=HotKey game

[window]
width=1280
height=960
ColourBits=32
DepthBits=24
StencilBits=8
ChangeScreenRes=1
FullScreen=1
DrawIfNotFocused=0
EnableResize=0
EnableClose=1
SaveAspect=1
Use3Renders=0

[GLPROVIDER]
GL=Opengl32.dll

[GLPROVIDERS]
Open GL=Opengl32.dll
DirectX=dx8wrap.dll

[NET]
speed=5000
routeChannels=0
serverChannels=31
localPort=21000
remotePort=21000
SkinDownload=1
serverName=No Name
serverDescription=
remoteHost=
localHost=
socksHost=
checkServerTimeSpeed=1
checkClientTimeSpeed=0

[MaxLag]
farMaxLagTime=10.0
nearMaxLagTime=2.0
cheaterWarningDelay=5.0
cheaterWarningNum=-1

[chat]
region=(dx=0.6925,dy=0.071666665,x=0.0,y=0.0)

[game]
Arcade=0
HighGore=1
mapPadX=0.6609375
mapPadY=-0.009375
viewSet=57
Intro=0
NoSubTitles=1
NoChatter=0
NoHudLog=0
NoLensFlare=0
iconTypes=0
eventlog=eventlog.lst
eventlogkeep=0
3dgunners=1


[HotKey game]
PrintScreen=ScreenShot
P=pause
Pause=pause

[HotKey gui]
Escape=activate

[HookViewFly Config]
timeFirstStep=2.0
deltaZ=10.0

[HookView]
MouseLeft=Len

[HookView Config]
AzimutSpeed=0.1
TangageSpeed=0.1
LenSpeed=1.0
MinLen=1.0
DefaultLen=20.0
MaxLen=3000.0
Speed=6

[HotKey builder]
MouseLeft=objectMove
MouseRight=popupmenu
Enter=freeView
Shift MouseLeft=worldZoom
Alt MouseLeft=select+
Alt MouseRight=select-
Alt Ctrl=unselect
PageDown=change+
PageUp=change-
End=change++
Home=change--
Ctrl MouseLeft=insert+
Insert=insert+
NumPad-0=insert+
F=fill
Ctrl MouseRight=delete+
NumPad.=delete+
Delete=delete+
Backspace=cursor
Tab=cursor
F10=land
F11=onLand
NumPad-=normalLand
NumPad+=toLand
NumPad-5=resetAngles
NumPad-8=resetTangage90
NumPad-7=stepAzimut-5
NumPad-4=stepAzimut-15
NumPad-1=stepAzimut-30
NumPad-9=stepAzimut5
NumPad-6=stepAzimut15
NumPad-3=stepAzimut30

[MouseXYZ]
F1=SpeedSlow
F2=SpeedNormal
F3=SpeedFast
MouseRight=XYmove
F4 MouseRight=Zmove
MouseMiddle=Amove
F5 MouseRight=Amove
F6 MouseRight=Tmove
F7 MouseRight=Kmove

[MouseXYZ Config]
RealTime=1

[HotKey Console]
Shift Tab=Activate
[Console]
HISTORY=1024
HISTORYCMD=1024
LOAD=console.cmd
SAVE=console.cmd
LOG=0
LOGTIME=0
LOGFILE=log.lst
LOGKEEP=0

[sound]
SoundUse=1
SoundEngine=1
Speakers=1
Placement=0
SoundFlags.reversestereo=0
RadioFlags.Enabled=1
RadioEngine=2
MusicVolume=4
ObjectVolume=14
MusState.takeoff=1
MusState.inflight=1
MusState.crash=1
MusFlags.play=1
MasterVolume=14
Attenuation=7
SoundMode=3
SamplingRate=2
NumChannels=3
SoundExt.occlusions=0
SoundFlags.hardware=1
SoundFlags.streams=1
SoundFlags.duplex=1
SoundExt.acoustics=0
SoundExt.volumefx=0
SoundFlags.voicemgr=0
SoundFlags.static=1
VoiceVolume=12
Channels=2
SoundExt.extrender=0
SoundFlags.bugscorrect=0
SoundSetupId=8
ActivationLevel=0.02
Preemphasis=0.85
RadioLatency=0.5
AGC=1
PTTMode=1
SoundFlags.UseRadioChatter=1
SoundFlags.AutoActivation=0
RadioFlags.PTTMode=0
RadioFlags.PlayClicks=0
ActLevel=0
MicLevel=0
SoundFlags.forceEAX1=0

[rts]
;ProcessAffinityMask=1
mouseUse=2
joyUse=1
trackIRUse=1
DisableIME=0
locale=

[rts_mouse]
SensitivityX=1.0
SensitivityY=1.0
Invert=0
SensitivityZ=1.0

[rts_joystick]
X=0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 0
Y=0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 0
Z=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
RZ=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0
FF=0
U=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0
V=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0
1X=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0
1Y=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0
1RZ=0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0
1U=0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0
1V=0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0

[Render_DirectX]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=2
TexCompress=0
TexFlags.UseDither=1
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=0
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=0
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=0
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=0
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=0
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=0

HardwareShaders=0

Shadows=2
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2
Forest=2
LandShading=3
LandDetails=2

LandGeom=2
TexLarge=1
TexLandQual=3
TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=4
ForceShaders1x=0
PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15
PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0

[Render_OpenGL]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=2
TexCompress=2
TexFlags.UseDither=1
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=1
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=1

HardwareShaders=1

Shadows=2
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2
Forest=3
LandShading=3
LandDetails=2

LandGeom=2
TexLarge=1
TexLandQual=3
TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=17
Water=4
Effects=2
ForceShaders1x=0
PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15
PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0

[quick]
Custom0=NWEurope
Custom1=MTO
Custom2=Bessarabia
Custom3=Korea Summer
Custom4=Korea Winter
Custom5=VKG_Grand_Canyon
Custom6=Aleutians
Custom7=Channel4041
Custom8=Channel4041W
Custom9=Channel4245
Custom10=Channel4245W
Custom11=dlv_Sinai

Let me know if you have any progress or not, and we will tru somthing else.
Cordially,
George

[redarrows2006]

S~
How old is the machine? What kind of Ram capacity does it have? Does it give you problems with other games? These are some of the questions that may help in your search, I am also gonna post what I have mY config set up, my machine runs the qame flawless now (after some good folks helped me set it up) to go along with your in game setup. You may want to also switch everything back and try adjusting them one at a time. The designer of the game used primitive machines compare to todays machines, and the fact there are some who can't just chuck the machine and go get a new one, so try tweaking the way you got it set up, there are several sites that have suggestions and fixes for slower, older computers, here are some that may help: http://il2ultrapack.net46.net/index.php/topic,2.0.html , http://mission4today.com/index.php?name ... forum&f=41 , look into some of the forums here http://www.simhq.com/index.html , or maybe use this patch here http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,2475.0.html , and the patch http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,2476.0.html . Also you could scroll thru the tech help section on this site. With UP2.0 it's better to go http://www.sas1946.com and http://ultrapack.il2war.com/ , for the most part AAA avocates HSFX based packages, while the last 2 links I gave you advocates UP1.8/UP2.0. Here is my set up if you can use it to compare notes with what you got: The Machine: ASUS CG5290, 64 bit Intel Core i7 I7-920 / 2.66 GHz, 9 gig DDR3 SDRAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896 MB Video Memory,
Config:
[il2]
title=Il2-Sturmovik Forgotten Battles
hotkeys=HotKey game

[window]
width=1280
height=960
ColourBits=32
DepthBits=24
StencilBits=8
ChangeScreenRes=1
FullScreen=1
DrawIfNotFocused=0
EnableResize=0
EnableClose=1
SaveAspect=1
Use3Renders=0

[GLPROVIDER]
GL=Opengl32.dll

[GLPROVIDERS]
Open GL=Opengl32.dll
DirectX=dx8wrap.dll

[NET]
speed=5000
routeChannels=0
serverChannels=31
localPort=21000
remotePort=21000
SkinDownload=1
serverName=No Name
serverDescription=
remoteHost=
localHost=
socksHost=
checkServerTimeSpeed=1
checkClientTimeSpeed=0

[MaxLag]
farMaxLagTime=10.0
nearMaxLagTime=2.0
cheaterWarningDelay=5.0
cheaterWarningNum=-1

[chat]
region=(dx=0.6925,dy=0.071666665,x=0.0,y=0.0)

[game]
Arcade=0
HighGore=1
mapPadX=0.6609375
mapPadY=-0.009375
viewSet=57
Intro=0
NoSubTitles=1
NoChatter=0
NoHudLog=0
NoLensFlare=0
iconTypes=0
eventlog=eventlog.lst
eventlogkeep=0
3dgunners=1


[HotKey game]
PrintScreen=ScreenShot
P=pause
Pause=pause

[HotKey gui]
Escape=activate

[HookViewFly Config]
timeFirstStep=2.0
deltaZ=10.0

[HookView]
MouseLeft=Len

[HookView Config]
AzimutSpeed=0.1
TangageSpeed=0.1
LenSpeed=1.0
MinLen=1.0
DefaultLen=20.0
MaxLen=3000.0
Speed=6

[HotKey builder]
MouseLeft=objectMove
MouseRight=popupmenu
Enter=freeView
Shift MouseLeft=worldZoom
Alt MouseLeft=select+
Alt MouseRight=select-
Alt Ctrl=unselect
PageDown=change+
PageUp=change-
End=change++
Home=change--
Ctrl MouseLeft=insert+
Insert=insert+
NumPad-0=insert+
F=fill
Ctrl MouseRight=delete+
NumPad.=delete+
Delete=delete+
Backspace=cursor
Tab=cursor
F10=land
F11=onLand
NumPad-=normalLand
NumPad+=toLand
NumPad-5=resetAngles
NumPad-8=resetTangage90
NumPad-7=stepAzimut-5
NumPad-4=stepAzimut-15
NumPad-1=stepAzimut-30
NumPad-9=stepAzimut5
NumPad-6=stepAzimut15
NumPad-3=stepAzimut30

[MouseXYZ]
F1=SpeedSlow
F2=SpeedNormal
F3=SpeedFast
MouseRight=XYmove
F4 MouseRight=Zmove
MouseMiddle=Amove
F5 MouseRight=Amove
F6 MouseRight=Tmove
F7 MouseRight=Kmove

[MouseXYZ Config]
RealTime=1

[HotKey Console]
Shift Tab=Activate
[Console]
HISTORY=1024
HISTORYCMD=1024
LOAD=console.cmd
SAVE=console.cmd
LOG=0
LOGTIME=0
LOGFILE=log.lst
LOGKEEP=0

[sound]
SoundUse=1
SoundEngine=1
Speakers=1
Placement=0
SoundFlags.reversestereo=0
RadioFlags.Enabled=1
RadioEngine=2
MusicVolume=4
ObjectVolume=14
MusState.takeoff=1
MusState.inflight=1
MusState.crash=1
MusFlags.play=1
MasterVolume=14
Attenuation=7
SoundMode=3
SamplingRate=2
NumChannels=3
SoundExt.occlusions=0
SoundFlags.hardware=1
SoundFlags.streams=1
SoundFlags.duplex=1
SoundExt.acoustics=0
SoundExt.volumefx=0
SoundFlags.voicemgr=0
SoundFlags.static=1
VoiceVolume=12
Channels=2
SoundExt.extrender=0
SoundFlags.bugscorrect=0
SoundSetupId=8
ActivationLevel=0.02
Preemphasis=0.85
RadioLatency=0.5
AGC=1
PTTMode=1
SoundFlags.UseRadioChatter=1
SoundFlags.AutoActivation=0
RadioFlags.PTTMode=0
RadioFlags.PlayClicks=0
ActLevel=0
MicLevel=0
SoundFlags.forceEAX1=0

[rts]
;ProcessAffinityMask=1
mouseUse=2
joyUse=1
trackIRUse=1
DisableIME=0
locale=

[rts_mouse]
SensitivityX=1.0
SensitivityY=1.0
Invert=0
SensitivityZ=1.0

[rts_joystick]
X=0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 0
Y=0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 0
Z=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
RZ=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0
FF=0
U=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0
V=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0
1X=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0
1Y=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0
1RZ=0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0
1U=0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0
1V=0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0

[Render_DirectX]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=2
TexCompress=0
TexFlags.UseDither=1
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=0
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=0
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=0
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=0
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=0
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=0

HardwareShaders=0

Shadows=2
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2
Forest=2
LandShading=3
LandDetails=2

LandGeom=2
TexLarge=1
TexLandQual=3
TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=4
ForceShaders1x=0
PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15
PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0

[Render_OpenGL]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=2
TexCompress=2
TexFlags.UseDither=1
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=1
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=1

HardwareShaders=1

Shadows=2
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2
Forest=3
LandShading=3
LandDetails=2

LandGeom=2
TexLarge=1
TexLandQual=3
TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=17
Water=4
Effects=2
ForceShaders1x=0
PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15
PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0

[quick]
Custom0=NWEurope
Custom1=MTO
Custom2=Bessarabia
Custom3=Korea Summer
Custom4=Korea Winter
Custom5=VKG_Grand_Canyon
Custom6=Aleutians
Custom7=Channel4041
Custom8=Channel4041W
Custom9=Channel4245
Custom10=Channel4245W
Custom11=dlv_Sinai

Let me know if you have any progress or not, and we will tru somthing else.
Cordially,
George

Hi m8`s
Poligize my late answer :oops:
First thanks you guys for answer on this asking Am hardcore IL-2 gamer :wink: I have not yeat figger out why my computer ackting like it does but i have talked with some of my friends and dissust what happend with my PC and there is parhaps some parts who is not at todays recomandations for gaming with todays gaming PC setup. Yes it is tru i am running an powersuply with only 350W therefor i did tought that i had an powersuply who fit to my Mainbord, CPU, and so on. It has been no error with running(powersupply) befor this happend and i am not sure if it is that who make the the computer act like it does.
As if am running with 350W isn`t it like you get less temp in [parts/(PC )]besause of the lower power?

And there is one other thing my powerful grapiccard is like new and it has an cooling devise (HIS) add to the other cooling. Could it be damgage in runnig an new game i wonder modded or not?

Hi George Formby Thanks m8 I am not that good in modding haven`t quite understand? Config and Hotkeys I am just wonder your listing when or how do i use it?

Thanks ArcticWolf for the link m8 And fly_zo totallly agre m8 i go for and bigger powersuppy :wink:

I have just got me an reserve grapiccard(AGP) MSI RX1650 RXI650PRO-TD512 512MB DDR2

Hope my bad egnlish was understandig for you guys:?:

I am running this PC:

Mainbord: ASUS K8N nForce 250 socet-754 ATX bought in 2004-2005

Soundcard: Sound Blaster AUDIGY 2 ZS bought in 2006-2007

Grapiccard: Radeon HD 2600 XT 512MB IceQ..... bought in 2007

Power Supply: HPU-3S 350 Power Supply LOw Noisce.....bought in 2004

Memory: Kingston 2GB PC3200 CL2 184-Pin bought in 2008

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor bought in 2008

Hardisk: Samsung HD 753 L J (700GB) bought in 2008

DVD/CD Rom: BENQ DVD DD DW 160 bought in 2006-2007




Cheers
Redarrows

[BigSilverHotdog]

350w power supply is adequate for your system. If it wasn't, you would get random rebooting or random PC turning off. This is what happens when a power supply is inadequate to supply enough power or if the power supply is going bad. I've installed a Geforce 8800 on a 350w power supply before, and it was perfectly stable (though not recommended, it was done simply because the user had no other option but to wait until he had enough money for a better power supply). Not all power supplies are the same, and the watt rating is very often misleading. If your computer runs with no reboots or random shutdowns, you are probably fine.

However, if you have a smell coming from your computer (especially a burning smell, a metallic smell, or any kind of "wrong" smell) you have something going bad, almost certainly. Look for something like this first on the motherboard and the video card:





Then check to see (while the computer is running) if the power supply is causing the smell. Put your nose right by the exhaust and if the smell is strongest there replace the power supply immediately, shut the computer down and don't run it any more until you have replaced it.

[redarrows2006]

350w power supply is adequate for your system. If it wasn't, you would get random rebooting or random PC turning off. This is what happens when a power supply is inadequate to supply enough power or if the power supply is going bad. I've installed a Geforce 8800 on a 350w power supply before, and it was perfectly stable (though not recommended, it was done simply because the user had no other option but to wait until he had enough money for a better power supply). Not all power supplies are the same, and the watt rating is very often misleading. If your computer runs with no reboots or random shutdowns, you are probably fine.

However, if you have a smell coming from your computer (especially a burning smell, a metallic smell, or any kind of "wrong" smell) you have something going bad, almost certainly. Look for something like this first on the motherboard and the video card:





Then check to see (while the computer is running) if the power supply is causing the smell. Put your nose right by the exhaust and if the smell is strongest there replace the power supply immediately, shut the computer down and don't run it any more until you have replaced it.

Thank you for your answer BigSilverHotdog I have not have any problems after bying the HIS Radeon HD2600XT graficcard in 2007 and i have been happy with the 350W Powersupply until now !?!
But now i realize that i must change some parts in my computer. Before i do so i think i got to run an real test on my system in my old 350W powersypply and mainbord. I shall report back in the prossess also once again thank for the answer mate

Cheers
Redarrows