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. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!