On Wednesday, March 17, 2004, at 10:03AM, Stuart Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Should be OK - drives tended to draw less power as they got larger - >within limits - as the technology improved. I've run 2Gb drives in >compacts with no problems. It actually varies a lot more than that. As faster spindle speeds came in power requirement for spin-up peaked then slowly levelled off again. For example I have a 3.5" Seagate 4GB 7200rpm SCSI-2 drive that works fine in most machines, but won't work in an LC475 due to lack of power. Similarly early 10krpm drives demand a lot of startup power, but later ones do not. All a bit involved. I've never had any trouble with supply in all-in-one macs, but in some Apple 68k desktops it is an issue with certain drives. -- Mark Benson http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
