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- Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!geac!censor!becker!bdb
- From: bdb@becker.GTS.ORG (Bruce Becker)
- Subject: Re: HD crash / req info 2nd drive
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.043259.21318@becker.GTS.ORG>
- Keywords: MFM crash upgrade
- Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario
- References: <1hisomINNpv5@life.ai.mit.edu> <1992Dec27.175659.1751@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 04:32:59 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec27.175659.1751@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> mad@Turing.ORG (Mark A. Day (N4OQK)) writes:
- |One of the 7300's major flaws is its power supply. In the world of switching
- |power supplies, this one's a real wimp. If possible, upgrade to a 3b1 power
- |supply. Alas, the 3b1 power supply is not THAT much more robust, as I have
- |had the same problems with large drives which require say, greater than 4amps
- |of current drain. I finally opted for an external drive supply, and take some
- |of the load off the main supply.
-
-
- I don't understand this. This system is using
- a standard 3B1 supply to power 2 Maxtor XT-2190
- drives, an ethernet card, and a combo card with
- 1.5 megs of memory. It's been doing this for
- years (with only the infrequent problem of needing
- to clean the connectors from time to time), and
- it doesn't even really produce very much heat
- either.
-
-
- |Anyone heard of a power supply retrofit for the 3b1/7300?
-
-
- Any PClone power supply should do fine if you
- get the proper connectors for it to hook up
- to the motherboard...
-
-
- --
- ,u, Bruce Becker Toronto, Ontario
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