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Article #40923Re: Mega 2 Fan Question
From: Howard Chu
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1990 01:51
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1990 01:51
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In article <2990@water.waterloo.edu> ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) writes: %In article <76921@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <bks@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes: %> %> I have a mega 2 with PC speed installed, and one external SF314 disk drive. %>When either disk drive is accessed the fan in the mega slows down... %>Is this a normal condition? Should I check my power supply? Could it have %>anything to do with PC Speed? % %My Mega 2 does this too. Did it when it was new. Still does it now. %I take it to mean marginal power supply and heavy current draw by the %motor for the drive. So far, I have no hardware additions. My Mega 4 does this too, and as far as I remember, it's done it since it was new as well. Of course, now I have a bunch of stuff attached inside it... No external floppy drive though. -- -- Howard Chu @ University of Michigan
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Date: 16 Feb 90 01:51:00 GMT
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