Re: Electrical power for a 164LX ?

[Maurice Hilarius <maurice harddata com>]

Mathieu Millet wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> My electrical power unit for my Alpha has just died (well 24/7 during 7
> years was good enough).
>
> I would like to replace it and since it is always turned on, I want to
> pruchase a not too big power unit.
>
> My 164LX is equipped with 384 MB of RAM, two Ethernet network card, a
> UltraWide2 SCSI Card on PCI 64bits and 2 SCSI hard-drive (at 7200RPM).
>
> Is a 200Watts power unit enough (that's what I had but sometimes I think
> I had drive failure caused by electrical "congestion") ? Should I go
> for a 250Watts unit ? even more ?
>  

I  suggest AT LEAST 300W.


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