bks@tango.eng.ohio-state.edu (Brian K Smith) (02/11/90)
I have a mega 2 with PC speed installed, and one external SF314 disk drive. When either disk drive is accessed the fan in the mega slows down... Is this a normal condition? Should I check my power supply? Could it have anything to do with PC Speed? Thanks, Brian -=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= And we'll have fun, fun, fun 'til our grade point takes the money away... bks@cis.ohio-state.edu Brian K. Smith =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) (02/15/90)
In article <76921@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <bks@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes: > > I have a mega 2 with PC speed installed, and one external SF314 disk drive. >When either disk drive is accessed the fan in the mega slows down... >Is this a normal condition? Should I check my power supply? Could it have >anything to do with PC Speed? My Mega 2 does this too. Did it when it was new. Still does it now. I take it to mean marginal power supply and heavy current draw by the motor for the drive. So far, I have no hardware additions. Anyone else who knows better have comments on this? -- L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. ljdickey@water.UWaterloo.ca ljdickey@water.BITNET ljdickey@water.UUCP ..!uunet!watmath!water!ljdickey ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu
hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu) (02/16/90)
In article <2990@water.waterloo.edu> ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) writes: %In article <76921@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <bks@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes: %> %> I have a mega 2 with PC speed installed, and one external SF314 disk drive. %>When either disk drive is accessed the fan in the mega slows down... %>Is this a normal condition? Should I check my power supply? Could it have %>anything to do with PC Speed? % %My Mega 2 does this too. Did it when it was new. Still does it now. %I take it to mean marginal power supply and heavy current draw by the %motor for the drive. So far, I have no hardware additions. My Mega 4 does this too, and as far as I remember, it's done it since it was new as well. Of course, now I have a bunch of stuff attached inside it... No external floppy drive though. -- -- Howard Chu @ University of Michigan