todd@MEDIA-LAB.MIT.EDU (03/10/86)
When I got my ST, I noticed that my disk drive power supply was different than the others I've seen. My power supply is black and has the cable coming out of opposite sides of the box. All the others are grey and have cables coming out of the same sides of the box. The cable going from the power supply to the disk drive is thicker on mine, also. Here's the question: I heard that the old system unit power supplies had surge problems. The way you could identify one of these power supplies is that the cables came out of opposite sides of the box! My system unit power supply seems to be ok, but should I worry about my disk drive? (I hadn't turned off my ST in about two weeks, and when I did, I had troubles booting). Thanks. Todd Fujinaka
turner@imagen.UUCP (D'arc Angel) (03/11/86)
> Here's the question: I heard that the old system unit power supplies > had surge problems. The way you could identify one of these power > supplies is that the cables came out of opposite sides of the box! My > system unit power supply seems to be ok, but should I worry about my > disk drive? (I hadn't turned off my ST in about two weeks, and when I > did, I had troubles booting). > > Thanks. > > Todd Fujinaka *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** get rid of that old power supply, i have had nothing but trouble with my ST until they traced the problem to the power supply and gave me a new one (both cables on the same side). -- ---- The master is not yet married, nor do I think he ever will be. -Rocky Horror Picture Show Name: James Turner Mail: Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway, P.O. Box 58101 Santa Clara, CA 95052-8101 AT&T: (408) 986-9400 UUCP: ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!turner CompuServe: 76327,1575