[geeks] Little Falls 2 System Power Consumpion Question

[Nadine Miller]

On Dec 13, 2008, at 6:11 PM, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:

> Mark Benson wrote:
>> Heat wasn't the primary issue (it was resultant from the primary  
>> issue),
>> the issue was the PSU (a 80 Watt DC-DC board) was suffering voltage  
>> sag
>> under, or was just plain overloaded, as a result of the load from the
>> USB ports.
>
> You are very lucky you didn't fry the motor on the hard drive.  I have
> seen cases in my own experience where under-powering drives results in
> them being screwed out and requiring a new PCB (basically the hard  
> drive
> motherboard).

Or fry the controller chipset on the mobo.  BTDT.  Not sure if it was  
the 1950s house's crappy electrical system (earlier) or the sagging  
12v rail in my PSU (which I replaced under warranty).  Of course, the  
latter may well have been as a result of the former, too.

=Nadine=