PC Peripherals Power supply faulty??

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hey guys........have a problem.
k i have the Powersafe 500W PSU which i am using with the rig in my sig.
a few weeks bak i bought the Hitachi 250Gb SATA II drive.
k now i have 3 HDDs and 1 LG 4163B.
if i connect all of them together the computer refuses to boot[yes i have checked the master slave connections they r correct]
i have to keep swapping with the molex connectors...i.e try diff connectors to start the pc.[this only happens when i connect all the drives ..1 less and pc boots fine].
even if the pc does boot up it gives me a BSOD after a few hrs.
a 500W PSU shud be ablke to handle the hardware i have rite?
so is my PSU faulty or is there something else at fault?
pls let me know

also guys wanted to ask you:-
am buying a new photo printer ...have to choose between
Canon pixma ip4200 and epson R350.
wht i wanna know is whose after sales service is good and which cartridges r cheaper?
thnx a lot guys.
 
oops for got my sig doesnt contain my rig :D
EVERYTHING STOCK
neways :
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Newcastle
ASUS K8N-E Deluxe
512MB Kingston Value ram.
WD 160GB PATA
Samsung 80GB PATA
Hitachi 250GB SATA II
Powersafe 500W
XFX Geforce FX 5200
 
It shouldn't be the psu 's problem.My other computer has 2x optical drives and 3 hard drives on a power supply from 2001.Does the 250GB say anything about needing more power?

What does the BSOD say?It could be a hardware problem and not one to do with your psu.

Choose Cannon, its usual better than Epson and Cannon is easier to refill if you want to save money.
 
I dont think its power supply problem. In SATA there is no master slave thing so even thats not a problem. Only thing is that the mobo dosent support SATA II, so dont run the hdd in SATA II mode, run it in SATA I. This might be the problem.
 
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