| From: | Gareth Griffiths |
| Date: | 5 Aug 2000 at 17:35:18 |
| Subject: | Re: Power PC Repairs |
> My A1200 did exactly that until I upgraded to a 100w PSU. With a setup
> like yours I doubt you're using a standard PSU or an A500 PSU so you
> *should* have enough power. However, IIRC, PPC boards can freak-out if
> they don't have enough power (the Accelerator port doesn't provide enough
> juice for the board in some cases.)
Possible, but the lead connecting to the floppy power port (the one where
the floppy drive plgs into on a desktop) is coming from a 250w PSU in my
tower, so that's gotta be enough power, surely?
> I read an issue of "Eyeline Direct" (which mysteriously stopped appearing
> a while ago) which provide advice on how to connect an extra power feed to
> the PPC board - I don't own a PPC myself :( so I've never tried it, but
> perhaps you should aski if they've got any spare copies of Eyeline Direct
> in stock.
Was that the one that was in Amiga Format every now and again? If so, I may
have it in my collection.
Catch ya later,
GazChap.
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