> Ben Bayer said: > "I think power supply might be another possible culprit. Installing the K6 > eliminated weird x-windows behaviour during boot-up, where the pixels > appeared to scatter a bit, and fonts were fuzzy. I think the 145 W power > supply may have been marginal for the P200 installed then, operating at 3.3 > V. The K6 works at 2.2 V, and the problem is gone." > > Ben: I think you may be right. I experienced strange problems when I > upgraded to a K6-2 450. Most the time it wouln't even boot. Turned out the > old 250W PS developed -5V @ .25A. A new 250W PS pumped out -5V @ .5A. > The extra 1/4 amp made all the difference and box still works fine. Don, thanks! Heres some more information from the sticker on the power supply: 145W max: +5 V 15 A red wire +3.3 V 8 A white wire +12V 2.3 A yellow -12V 0.3 A blue -5V 0.1 A white +5VSB 1.5A purple The one you mention, -5V, appears very low on my PS, 0.1A. I wish it were easy to replace these SFX powersupplies. What I need now is a SFX with more -5 V amps, I guess. Ben
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