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Originally Posted by ConkerHS
Yeah, it's on the back. I need to find screws to secure it with.
So it will suck the air out of the case, I guess.
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Yep. Check it's the right way round - there may be an arrow on it. It will have either come with screws, or your computer should have come with them. They usually are short countersunk philips screws.
[QUOTE]If I leave the computer idle for a while it freezes. I don't know what's causing this. Also, before I updated the BIOS the Secondary hard drive kept turning off and freezing the computer, but that seemed to have gone away after the BIOS flashing.[QUOTE]
Hmmm. You sure it's not just in standby? In standby, the computer powers down most of the stuff, which may make it appear to freeze. Hitting the power button should bring it out of standby. When in standby the power light usually either goes a different colour or starts flashing.
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This 350W power supply is kinda loud. It blows a lot of hot air out the back. The front USB door seems kinda flimsy. The boot post takes longer than the average computer because it has to detect the CPU voltage/freq. and memory type every time I turn it on. The boot sometimes hangs if I leave a CD-RW disc in the CD-RW drive while booting.
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If the fan in the power supply is running flat out, then it's probably struggling with the load. You may want to look at putting a better one in - Antec stuff is quite good, and you should be looking at 430W or so.
How long does the POST take? 5 seconds? 10? 30? a minute?
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I managed to accidenly push the power button several times while leaning over it. It's poorly placed, and of course Windows automatically shuts down when you push it. Turned that button to "Ask me what to do". Problem solved I guess.
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Not much else you can do about it. FYI: should Windows lock completely, you can force a poweroff by holding the button down (usually for 4 seconds - just hold it for a count of ten or so). Failing that, the power lead can always be yanked 
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