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Article #42673Re: small power supply ... does it matter?
From: Michael Palmquist
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1990 17:42
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1990 17:42
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Ray Arritt writes: "what happens if I add a tape backup, a transputer board, maybe a few more megabytes of memory, or other electrical load? " I installed a card in my PC-XT that said, "Requires a 150-Watt power supply or some such thing." I didn't upgrade the power supply, though, since my 125 (or whatever they installed as original) seemed to be working fine. BUT, when I added a new floppy controller and a 1.44 meg drive, I had problems with the system locking up. It turned out that my power supply needed to be upgraded at that point. New power supply, no problem. Mike Palmquist ************************ mp2k@andrew.cmu.edu Department of English Carnegie Mellon University voice: 412/268-5636
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