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Re: How to Keeping 7200RPM Drives Cool?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Garlanger)
Sat May 23 13:36:18 1998
Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 12:34:02 -0500
From: Mark Garlanger <garlangr@cyberramp.net>
To: "Jeffrey B. Siegal" <jbs@quiotix.com>
CC: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Jeffrey B. Siegal wrote:
> Mark Garlanger wrote:
>
> > and a second mini-tower case (250W PS) for just the drive.
>
> 250W is the maximum capacity of the power supply; that doesn't mean it will
> draw that much with just a drive attached. There is a small amount of
> overhead, but you can probably put the drive back in the separate case and
> you'll be fine.
I was thinking this(my degree is in Comp and Elec Eng but I try to forget as
muchelectrical as possible ;-), and ask a EE friend at work and he mentioned
that a
switching PS may not provide regulated power if it is not driving a minimum
load.
Since I don't have a scope to determine if the voltage is good, hesitant to put
it
back in that case. I think I will try to get a fan mounted in my existing
case.
Thanks,
Mark
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