[CentOS] Re: OT: How many watts do I need?

Thu Jan 3 17:33:22 UTC 2008
Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com>

on 1/2/2008 8:06 PM Fajar Priyanto spake the following:
> On Thursday 03 January 2008 10:05:04 Ugo Bellavance wrote:
>> Fajar Priyanto wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>> Sorry for the OT thing.
>>> I'm helping a friend setting up a new box. It's a Pentium 4 with 430Watt
>>> power supply. He wants to plugin his old harddrives and DVD into the new
>>> box. The total will be: 3 harddrives, 1 DVD drive, 1 CDRW drive. In the
>>> box there are also 2 big fans.
>>>
>>> Is 430Watt enough?
>> What brand?
> 
> The brand is Symbadda (made in Taiwan). A popular brand here in Indonesia, but 
> I don't know the quality.
> 
> The reason why I ask is that I lost 2 harddrives from I suspect that the lack 
> of power from power supply. Surely I don't want the same misfortune happens 
> to my friend's box.
> 
> Well, anyway. Thanks for all sharing. I will inform him about this.
Most likely a short in the power supply damaged the drives. Higher voltage 
over the 5v supply will kill them fast. Under voltage could have done it if 
over a long enough period of time, as the motors will run hotter, if they run 
at all.

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