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Re: Transwarp IIe revisited



aiiadict@gmail.com wrote:
On Dec 5, 3:34 pm, Linards Ticmanis <ticma...@gmx.de> wrote:

a high tendency to
crash (the machine just resets like CTRL+OA+RESET), mostly during disk
access. Is this normal? Again I removed all cards except the Transwarp
and one 5.25 controller, didn't help.


Could be the TW is drawing a bunch of power..  then  the motor
on your 5.25 drive spins.  too much power, power supply can't keep
up, turns off and back on.

The Transwarp always was something of a space heater...I much prefer
the Zip Chip, with its <1W power.

-michael

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