gsm@gsm001.uucp (Geoffrey S. Mendelson) (02/20/91)
I have a friend with a PS/2 model 30. He added an extra VGA. It works fine,
disabling the internal video. When he added an IBM drive (removed from a
PS/2 30/286) the hard drive will not write reliably. Most of the time, it
trashes itself on the first write.
If he removes the VGA, the drive works fine.
The VGA is a "generic" 8/16bit (autoswitching) with 512k.
He thought it might be a power problem, so he replaced his stock power
supply with a clone 200 watt unit. The same problem occcurs.
So to summarize:
P.S. 2 Model 30
W extra VGA, 2 floppies....................works fine.
W hard drive, 1 floppy.....................works fine.
W VGA, hard drive, 1 floppy................Hard drive fails writes.
W VGA, hard drive, 1 floppy, 200w p.s......Hard drive fails.
Please respond via email as this group is not delivered here.
Thanks, Geoff.
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