home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!yale!gumby!news.cs.andrews.edu!zds-oem!easton
- From: easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
- Subject: Re: Power supply for hard drive.
- Organization: Zenith Data Systems, OEM Systems Engineering
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:01:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.180142.17723@zds-oem.zds.com>
- References: <168C11352C.WALLY@UKCC.UKY.EDU> <92355.165925LEEK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <168C49F6D.WALLY@UKCC.UKY.EDU>
- Lines: 31
-
- In article <168C49F6D.WALLY@UKCC.UKY.EDU> WALLY@UKCC.UKY.EDU writes:
-
- >Okay... I missed the original poster to my question, but luckily was
- >quoted and I think I got the idea. The drive was measured taking about
- >1a once before. I put a new power supply on it yesterday, and something
- >is STILL wrong.. The drive does the same *plink plink* stuff it does
- >when it's overjuiced.. The +12 is 12.03 and the +5 is around 5.12, but
- >when I put a load on it it drops to 5.03..
-
- Sounds within tolerances to me.
-
- >The +5 side has 4.8 (!) amps, and the +12 has 1.1. What could be the
- ^^^^
- >problem here?
-
- The +12 only having 1.1 Amps is likely your problem. If your drive
- requires > 1 amp on power up, repeated power cycles may kill it over
- time. Find another supply with, say, 2 Amps on the +12v.
-
- >I swear.. Me and power supplies *don't* make a good combination.. :(
- >
- >Thanks for your help so far.. :)
-
- > | Walter_ // Wally@UKCC.UKY.EDU AN723@Cleveland.Freenet.EDU | |
-
- --
- ___ ___ Jeff Easton easton@zds-oem.zds.com
- (__ (__ Zenith Data Systems j.easton@mi04.zds.com
- ___) ___) Saint Joseph, Mich. easton@andrews.edu
- Monte Carlo Z-LS/20 - Choice of a quiet generation
-
-